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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who turns Frank the Flower in for shooting tires?
(a) The Police Commissioner.
(b) The arresting officer.
(c) Maxie Hammerman.
(d) A spotter for a trucking company.

2. What name is given to the clubs that begin shooting tires?
(a) Tire Shooter Clubs.
(b) Frank the Flower Clubs.
(c) Pea Shooter Clubs.
(d) Pea Pin Clubs.

3. What happens after the lady driver tells the cab driver "Well done" for hitting her car?
(a) All the above.
(b) He tows her for repairs.
(c) He marries her.
(d) He pays for her repairs.

4. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
(a) Maxie Hammerman.
(b) Eddie Maroney.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Old Anna.

5. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?
(a) Four months.
(b) Fourteen days.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Forty-three years.

6. How does Carlos present his idea to the rest of the pushcart vendors?
(a) He just tells them.
(b) Maxie Hammerman translates for him.
(c) He gives a demonstration.
(d) He writes it down.

7. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?
(a) The movie stars.
(b) The pedestrians.
(c) The taxi drivers.
(d) The pushcart vendors.

8. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"
(a) Walter Sweet.
(b) Moe Mammoth.
(c) Louie Livergreen.
(d) Joe Lilly.

9. Where does Mr. Posey sell most of his peas?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Housewives.
(c) Big packaging companies.
(d) Pushcart vendors.

10. What does one man suggest Mr. Posey might be hiding in the pea packages?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Tacks.
(c) Pins.
(d) Diamonds .

11. How long is it before the pushcart vendors know the truckers have declared war?
(a) Over a month.
(b) Over a year.
(c) Over a week.
(d) Over six months.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?
(a) Mighty Mammoths.
(b) Mama Mammoths.
(c) Papa Mammoths.
(d) Baby Mammoths.

13. What is on the truck that's involved in the first incident of the pushcart war?
(a) Ninety dozen donuts.
(b) Ninety dozen piano stools.
(c) Ninety bunches of daffodils.
(d) Nineteen hundred pickles.

14. Where had Wenda Gambling requested that the one ton of peas be delivered?
(a) Wenda Gambling's studio.
(b) Maxie Hammerman's shop.
(c) Wenda Gamblin's pea farm.
(d) Wenda Gamblin's apartment.

15. What color are the pea shooters?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?

2. What do the Posey's use as weapons in their attempt to keep the Pea Tack Squad out?

3. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?

4. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?

5. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?

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