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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 Eddie say the pushcart vendors would have done if Maxie had been kidnapped?
2. How many people does the Mayor say signed the manifesto?
3. What does the Police Commissioner say will happen to anyone who breaks the truce?
4. Who does Maxie invite to his meeting with The Three?
5. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the map of New York City that was found in his shop?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the complaints posed by the letters to the editor?
2. How does Maxie Hammerman explain away the notations he'd made on the map about the names of pushcart vendors and the numbers?
3. What is the attitude of Mayor Emmet P. Cudd to the many letters to the editor being printed in the newspapers?
4. List two ways the movie of the pushcart war differed from the actual events.
5. What does Frank know about the pushcart war and how does he know these details?
6. How does Maxie explain his consistent winnings at the poker table?
7. What are the four demands made by the truckers in their manifesto?
8. What is the Flower Formula and what does Professor Cumberly say could be done with that formula?
9. What is Maxie's plan to deal with The Three?
10. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the Pushcart King? What is his role in the lives of the vendors? There's another person interested in his work as the story draws to a close. Who is that person and what does the Pushcart King think about it?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Who is Albert P. Mack? How is he involved in the opening events of the war? What eventually becomes of him? Why do you believe this happens to him?
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