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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends the meeting called by The Three following the poker game at Maxie Hammerman's?

2. What is used as trophies for anyone who hits the target in the middle of the dart board?

3. What kind of truck is Mack driving?

4. How much warning does Maxie Hammerman have that the Pea Tack Squad are going to raid his shop in search of pea pins?

5. How many pushcarts are destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting between the truck drivers and the pushcart vendors led by Harry Hot Dog and Mr. Jerusalem.

2. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?

3. Why does Maxie Hammerman say he won't give the shorthand notes on the meeting of The Three to the newspaper?

4. How do the notes come to the attention of the pushcart vendors?

5. What is the annual festival named for the Battle at Beecker Street and why?

6. How does Maxie Hammerman explain away the notations he'd made on the map about the names of pushcart vendors and the numbers?

7. What is the plan presented by Mr. Jerusalem?

8. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?

9. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?

10. Why does Miriam Portlette take notes of the meeting of The Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the poker game arranged by Maxie Hammerman. Who attends? Why are each of them in attendance?

Essay Topic 2

There comes a point where children get involved in the battle by shooting out truck tires with pea shooters. What happens to the language people use as this situation evolves? Describe this "language," including the code names and how it might have impacted the language of the people of the period. Do you consider the sayings funny?

Essay Topic 3

Relate the story of Frank the Flower's interview with the Police Commissioner. Compare that with the Commissioner's interview with Maxie Hammerman. How do the two men manage to twist things to put themselves in a good light?

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