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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. What does Buddy Wisser propose as a compromise to the number of trucks allowed in the city?
(a) The Truck Formula.
(b) The Big Truck/Little Truck Theory.
(c) The Truck/Pushcart Formula.
(d) The Flower Formula.

2. Where does Buddy Wisser come up with his proposal?
(a) From Wenda Gambling.
(b) From Frank the Flower.
(c) From General Anna.
(d) From Big Moe.

3. Where does Mack first stop his truck?
(a) About ten feet from the pushcarts.
(b) About a foot from the pushcarts.
(c) About thirty feet from the pushcarts.
(d) About a block from the pushcarts.

4. What time do the pushcart vendors assemble for the march?
(a) 6:30 in the morning.
(b) 8:30 in the morning.
(c) 7:30 in the morning.
(d) 7:30 at night.

5. What are Eddie and Maxie drinking after the card game?
(a) Root beer.
(b) Cream soda.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Ms. Portlett's notes today?

2. Why does Ms. Portlette not stay until the end of the meeting?

3. What kind of truck is Mack driving?

4. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?

5. What role does General Anna say she wants to play in the plan proposed by Mr. Jerusalem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Maxie's plan to deal with The Three?

2. How do the notes come to the attention of the pushcart vendors?

3. How does Maxie explain his consistent winnings at the poker table?

4. List two ways the movie of the pushcart war differed from the actual events.

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

6. Describe the meeting between the truck drivers and the pushcart vendors led by Harry Hot Dog and Mr. Jerusalem.

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

8. What does Frank know about the pushcart war and how does he know these details?

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

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

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