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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 plot is the result of a meeting by The Three.

2. How many people are arrested on Beecker Street?

3. Why is Mack arrested?

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

5. Who does the Police Commissioner report to after his interview with Maxie Hammerman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Frank the Flower's confession after the raid on Maxie's and why does the Police Commissioner want to believe it?

3. What are the four demands made by the truckers in their manifesto?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the annual festival named for the Battle at Beecker Street and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a series of events after the truckers privately declare war on the pushcarts and prior to the pushcart vendors becoming aware of the situation. Describe these events. Could there have been something done at this point to stop the war?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Miriam Portlette and how does she become involved in the situation? What is the document she produces? What are the contents of that document.?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the relationship between Mr. Jerusalem and Solomon Livergreen. What is is about that relationship that prompts Mr. Jerusalem to become involved in the war by shooting out truck tires?

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