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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of lock does Cornish McManus fit into his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A padlock
(b) A match lock
(c) A Browning lock
(d) A flintlock

3. How long does it take Cornish McManus to manufacture the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) Six months
(b) Two years
(c) Four hours
(d) He doesn't manufacture it--he buys it

4. Richard Allen Mesington dreams of learning how to throw what kind of a baseball pitch?
(a) A strike
(b) A fastball
(c) A clean dropping curve
(d) A bodyline pitch

5. What color is the barrel for Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle when he is completely finished with it?
(a) A deep plum-brown
(b) Neary black
(c) He leaves it in the white
(d) A deep blue

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard Allen Mesington is fourteen years old he considers pursuing all of the following careers except?

2. What surprises Cornish McManus the most when first he test fires the rifle?

3. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when he stops believing in Santa Claus?

4. After buying the "sweet" rifle for twenty-five dollars, for how much does the antique store owner sell the weapon?

5. Where does Tim Harrow live?

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