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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Weapon, pages 33 to 66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After buying the "sweet" rifle, what is the first thing John Byam uses it for?
(a) Shooting a British officer
(b) Shooting a bear
(c) Showing off to a girl
(d) As a tool to hold down barbed wire while crossing a fence

2. How much does Tim Harrow tell Harv Kline the "sweet" rifle is worth?
(a) About $150,000 to the right buyer
(b) Over one million dollars
(c) $700
(d) Nothing

3. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, what strikes a steel surface to fire the gun?
(a) The frizzen
(b) A fulminating cap
(c) The hammer
(d) A piece of flint

4. Who built the rifle discussed in the novel?
(a) John Waynewright
(b) Cornish McManus
(c) John Byam
(d) Joe Manton

5. What does Cornish McManus make out of rough-sawn "blanks"?
(a) Gun barrels
(b) Roofing shingles
(c) Pistol grips
(d) Gun-stocks

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the novel, what is the curve of a bullet's nose called?

2. Who discovers the "sweet" rifle in 1993 in the attic of a house in Connecticut?

3. What tall tale does Tim Harrow make up about the "sweet" rifle that, unbeknownst to him, is actually true?

4. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?

5. Who first buys the "sweet" rifle from Cornish McManus?

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