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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard Allen Mesington is eleven and twelve years old what is his favorite hobby?
(a) Drawing
(b) Shooting a rifle
(c) Building model airplanes and cars
(d) Training dogs

2. Why does Tim Harrow stop in a small town in Missouri?
(a) He's meeting a gun smuggler
(b) His vehicle's fuel pump stops working
(c) He wants to do a little shooting on the town range
(d) His vehicle runs out of fuel

3. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?
(a) It's not sold but traded for a painting of Elvis Presley
(b) Twenty-five dollars
(c) Twenty-five cents
(d) Two thousand dollars

4. Cornish McManus establishes a gunsmith shop near what major city?
(a) New York
(b) Willow
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Philadelphia

5. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when his family buys their first television?
(a) Ten
(b) Fourteen
(c) Twenty
(d) Only a few weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is an infant, how does Richard Allen Mesington get Sissy to stop walking?

2. What do the colonials call Americans who do not want to gain independence from British rule?

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

4. Who trained Cornish McManus?

5. How does Richard Allen Mesington think about firearms?

(see the answer key)

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