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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. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?
(a) That it's a straw.
(b) That he won't answer the question.
(c) That it's a pencil.
(d) That it's his son's pea shooter.

2. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?
(a) May 4.
(b) May 11.
(c) May 22.
(d) May 17.

3. What is Morris the Florist's pushcart number?
(a) X-RAY.
(b) FLWR-10.
(c) BR-229.
(d) X-105.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wenda Gambling have to eat on the night after she gets stuck behind the truck?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?

3. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?

4. Who buys the pins and peas for the pushcart vendors?

5. How many sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?

2. Give a basic overview of the "peanut butter speech."

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

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

5. How does Old Anna come to be known as General Anna?

6. What do the terms "Don't be a truck" and "You're a crackpot" come to mean after the arrest of Frank the Flower?

7. There is a free newspaper that reports that pushcarts are "unsanitary." What other things has this same reporter called unsanitary and why does he make these statements.

8. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.

9. What is the condition of Posey's plant after the Pea Tack Squad comes in?

10. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors toward the tacks tax?

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