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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. How long does it take for the truck tires to be repaired so that the trucks return to the streets?

2. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the gold pins?

3. How many divisions do the pushcart vendors form on the day of the peace march?

4. What do people throw at the trucks on Beecker Street?

5. What is the date of the opening of the Pushcart Peace Conference?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Flower Formula and what does Professor Cumberly say could be done with that formula?

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

5. What is Mack's reaction to being locked up so close to Frank the Flower?

6. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?

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

8. What is the attitude of Mayor Emmet P. Cudd to the many letters to the editor being printed in the newspapers?

9. What is Frank the Flower's confession after the raid on Maxie's and why does the Police Commissioner want to believe it?

10. Why is the truce so much harder on the pushcart vendors than on the truck drivers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Wenda Gambling? What is her role in the story? What might have been different if she hadn't been part of the story?

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

Who is Miriam Portlette and how does she become involved in the situation? What is the document she produces? What are the contents of that document.?

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