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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. What does the Police Commissioner say will happen to anyone who breaks the truce?
2. What does Maxie Hammerman buy for General Anna on the day of the Peace March?
3. What is the date when Big Moe calls the Mayor with the news that he'll settle with the pushcarts?
4. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the map of New York City that was found in his shop?
5. Where is Mack's cell?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the plan presented by Mr. Jerusalem?
2. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?
3. What is the attitude of Mayor Emmet P. Cudd to the many letters to the editor being printed in the newspapers?
4. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?
5. What does the Police Commissioner say is wrong with following the demands of the truckers?
6. List two ways the movie of the pushcart war differed from the actual events.
7. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?
8. What is Maxie's theory of war with regard to money?
9. What does Maxie Hammerman say when the Police Commissioner asks why Maxie is called the Pushcart King?
10. Why is the truce so much harder on the pushcart vendors than on the truck drivers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who are The Three? What are their lives like in the city? What details are given about each of them to describe their personalities?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Buddy Wisser? What is his role in the pushcart war? Was his role vital to the outcome of the war? What might have happened if Wisser hadn't been in the right place at the right time?
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