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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do truck drivers get their perishable goods delivered if they have a flat?
2. What does the mayor initially propose to do to stop the pea shooters?
3. What does the mayor and city council eventually decide as a way of trying to stop the pea shooters?
4. What do the trucking company owners do when the casualties get too high?
5. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?
2. What is the pea blockade and who starts it?
3. During the secret meeting of "The Three" big trucking companies, a man named Joey Kafflis makes a comment about the pushcarts. What is Joey's position on the pushcarts?
4. Who is it that people believe to be the source of the traffic problem?
5. There is a free newspaper that reports that pushcarts are "unsanitary." What other things has this same reporter called unsanitary and why does he make these statements.
6. What is Big Moe's argument that Frank the Flower can't be responsible for all the flats?
7. What is Mayor Emmett P. Cudd's interest in the trucking companies?
8. What is another name for the first incident of the pushcart war and why?
9. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors toward the tacks tax?
10. How does Carlos come up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There's a theory that if fewer trucks were on the street, the remaining trucks could make their deliveries in less time. Is this a viable answer to the congestion problem? Support your answer with examples other than traffic.
Essay Topic 2
What is the Festival of Cantaloupes? How does it begin? How is it connected to the pushcart war? Why do you think the festival is still celebrated today?
Essay Topic 3
Relate the story of Frank the Flower's interview with the Police Commissioner. Compare that with the Commissioner's interview with Maxie Hammerman. How do the two men manage to twist things to put themselves in a good light?
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