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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. Where does Ms. Portlette sit to take notes of the meeting?
(a) On a mop bucket .
(b) On the floor.
(c) In a straight chair.
(d) At Big Moe's right.

2. Who is driving the truck that encounters the division on Greene Street?
(a) Big Moe.
(b) Louie Livergeen.
(c) Maxie Hammerman.
(d) Albert P. Mack.

3. Who does Maxie invite to his meeting with The Three?
(a) All the pushcart vendors and the Police Commissioners.
(b) Harry Hot Dog, Morris the Florist and the Police Commissioner.
(c) Eddie Maroney, General Anna and the Police Commissioner.
(d) Eddie Maroney and the Police Commissioner.

4. Why does the Police Commissioner go to Mack's cell?
(a) He has complaints from the officers.
(b) He wants to see if Mack is ready to give up.
(c) He has complaints from Frank the Flower.
(d) He hears Mack's yelling from his office.

5. Why does Ms. Portlette not stay until the end of the meeting?
(a) She has three more offices to map.
(b) She has run out of paper.
(c) Her pencil broke.
(d) She is tired of sitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the pushcart vendors meet to discuss the situation?

2. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the gold pins?

3. What prompts the many letters to the editor about the pushcarts?

4. What is the name of the girl who says she now wants to be a Pushcart Queen?

5. How much does Maxie win during the game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the annual festival named for the Battle at Beecker Street and why?

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

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

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

8. What does Maxie Hammerman say when the Police Commissioner asks why Maxie is called the Pushcart King?

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

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

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