The Rifle Quiz

Gary Paulsen

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Mrs. Kline put candles on the mantle? (from The Joining, and The Rifle)

She's celebrating Halloween

To obscure Mr. Kline's velvet Elvis painting

She's trying to burn down the house

To heat up the "sweet" rifle

2.

What happens to John Byam's "sweet" rifle after he dies? (from The Weapon, pages 33 to 66)

George Washington praises it in a speech

It is put into a museum

It is given to another Revolutionary War soldier

It is stolen by a woman named Sarah

3.

Tim Harrow's vest has all of the following slogans except? (from The Weapon, pages 33 to 66)

If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.

I'll give up my guns when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Register criminals, not guns.

4.

When the Mesington family moves away from Willow, Colorado, what state do they move to? (from The Boy)

Colorado

Utah

Texas

Alabama

5.

According to the novel, how old was Richard Allen Mesinger "supposed" to be when he died? (from The Joining, and The Rifle)

60

Old enough to know not to play with guns

74

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