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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 Maxie Hammerman buy for General Anna on the day of the Peace March?
(a) A new pushcart.
(b) A cartful of apples and pears.
(c) A banner.
(d) A gun.

2. Where is the statue of General Anna?
(a) City Hall.
(b) Tompkins Sqaure Park.
(c) The City Library.
(d) Beecker Street.

3. What does the Police Commissioner advise the Mayor to do?
(a) Declare a war.
(b) Arrest all the truck drivers.
(c) Declare a truce.
(d) Arrest The Three.

4. How long does it take for the truck tires to be repaired so that the trucks return to the streets?
(a) A week.
(b) An hour.
(c) A month.
(d) A day.

5. What does Maxie say you must have in order to fight a war?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Peas.
(c) Money.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie say the pushcart vendors would have done if Maxie had been kidnapped?

2. How many people are arrested on Beecker Street?

3. Who claims ownership of the pea shooters after the Pea Tack Squad finds them?

4. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the red pins in the map?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miriam Portlette take notes of the meeting of The Three?

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

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

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

5. What are some of the complaints posed by the letters to the editor?

6. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?

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

8. What is Mack's reaction to being locked up so close to Frank the Flower?

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

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

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