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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Richard Allen Mesington get along with Harv Kline?
(a) They like each other as neighbors
(b) They are best friends
(c) They like to hunt together
(d) They fight about nearly everything

2. Tim Harrow refers to the effect of bullet impact on game as...
(a) Bringin' home the bacon
(b) Spectacular
(c) E pluribus unum
(d) Hydraulic shock

3. Although he buys and sells guns constantly, Tim Harrow never has fewer than how many guns?
(a) Two or three hundred
(b) Two
(c) Twenty-five or thirty
(d) One rifle, one pistol, and one shotgun

4. What does Mr. Mesington do for a living?
(a) He is a gunsmith
(b) He is an antique dealer
(c) He works as an auto mechanic
(d) He works in construction

5. What does Harv Kline do with the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Uses it to shoot British officers and sergeants
(b) Sells it to an antique shop
(c) Hangs it over the fireplace
(d) Takes it hunting

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rifling grooves does Cornish McManus cut in the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?

3. John Waynewright spends most of his time studying what aspect of rifle construction?

4. How long does it take Cornish McManus to manufacture the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?

5. In Cornish McManus' opinion, what is the most significant aspect of a rifle?

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