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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 is the date when Big Moe calls the Mayor with the news that he'll settle with the pushcarts?
(a) June 4.
(b) September 4.
(c) July 4.
(d) May 4.

2. What is written on General Anna's statue?
(a) General Anna.
(b) By Hand.
(c) She Won the War.
(d) The Pushcart Queen.

3. How many people are arrested on Beecker Street?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Forty-seven.
(d) None.

4. Where does Mr. Jerusalem spend the night?
(a) In the park as usual.
(b) Maxie's shop.
(c) At his apartment.
(d) Genearl Anna's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Harold L. Kugelman?

2. How many hands of poker does Eddie say Maxie played to win the $60,000?

3. What do people throw at the trucks on Beecker Street?

4. Where does Ms. Portlette sit to take notes of the meeting?

5. Where do the pushcarts usually gather on Bleecker Street?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the reaction of the pushcart vendors after Maxie is arrested?

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

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

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