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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 does General Anna get a message in to Maxie?
(a) Calls him.
(b) Gives it to the police commissioner.
(c) Smuggles it in an apple.
(d) Smuggles it in a hot dog.

2. Where is the recording of the interview between the Police Commissioner and Maxie Hammerman?
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Filed with the newspapers.
(c) Maxie's office.
(d) The New York City Police Department.

3. What plot is the result of a meeting by The Three.
(a) To use tougher tires.
(b) To bribe kids to stop causing tires.
(c) To tear up pushcarts.
(d) To kidnap Maxie Hammerman.

4. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?
(a) That the Mayor step down from his office.
(b) That pushcart vendors be fined for the flats they caused.
(c) That all pushcart vendors be arrested.
(d) That Maxie Hammerman be arrested.

5. What is Maxie hauling on the day of the peace march?
(a) Apples and pears.
(b) Punching bags.
(c) Punch bowls.
(d) Crystal glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larry Gilbert, age 8, say he'll miss if the pushcarts aren't allowed to operate?

2. What time do the pushcart vendors assemble for the march?

3. What is Mr. Jerusalem's plan called?

4. Where does Buddy Wisser come up with his proposal?

5. What is the name of the lady who takes notes that become known as the Portlette Papers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Maxie Hammerman say he won't give the shorthand notes on the meeting of The Three to the newspaper?

5. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?

6. What is the Flower Formula and what does Professor Cumberly say could be done with that formula?

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

8. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?

9. How does Maxie Hammerman explain away the notations he'd made on the map about the names of pushcart vendors and the numbers?

10. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?

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