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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?
(a) Over 800,000 tacks.
(b) Over 800,000 dollars worth.
(c) Over 80 pounds.
(d) Over 800,000 pounds.

2. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?
(a) There are too many big trucks.
(b) There are too many taxis.
(c) There are too many pedestrians.
(d) There are too many immovable objects.

3. Who is ordered to search incoming trucks for shipments of peas?
(a) The truck drivers.
(b) The store owners.
(c) The pushcart vendors.
(d) The police.

4. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?
(a) Trucks, cars and bicycles.
(b) Only trucks.
(c) All vehicles.
(d) Trucks and cars.

5. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?
(a) During meetings.
(b) Every morning.
(c) While he's stalled in traffic.
(d) After work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one man suggest Mr. Posey might be hiding in the pea packages?

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

3. What does the color gold signify on Maxie's man of the battle?

4. How do truck drivers get their perishable goods delivered if they have a flat?

5. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors with regard to the children taking up their war against the trucks?

2. How and why does Frank the Flower take the blame for all the flat tires?

3. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.

4. Why is Wenda Gambing included on the panel of traffic experts attempting to explain why the traffic had come to a complete standstill?

5. What happens to Wenda Gambling?

6. What is Big Moe's argument that Frank the Flower can't be responsible for all the flats?

7. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?

8. How does England get drawn into the battle regarding the tax on tacks?

9. What does the Pea Tack Squad tell the packaging companies to convince them that they should shut down?

10. What is the reaction of people who see a truck with a flat?

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