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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. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the map of New York City that was found in his shop?

2. Where does Mr. Jerusalem spend the night?

3. Who built General Anna's pushcart?

4. What does General Anna say is the first thing the pushcart vendors must not do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Alice Myles and what is Maxie Hammerman's reaction to her?

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

4. What happens to Morris the Florist during the march?

5. What is Maxie's theory of war with regard to money?

6. List at least four of the conditions of the peace treaty.

7. List the main points of the Mayor's address regarding the peace march.

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

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

10. What are some of the complaints posed by the letters to the editor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mayor Elmer P. Cudd. What kind of person is he? List at least three times when the Mayor changes his position or requests the impossible in order to appease his constituents.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Joey Kafflis? What is the document Joey produces that provides an inside look into the pushcart war? Describe what Joey writes in this document.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Albert P. Mack? How is he involved in the opening events of the war? What eventually becomes of him? Why do you believe this happens to him?

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