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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the novel, how often do police use firearms to shoot criminals?
(a) Almost never
(b) Several times during an average career
(c) Almost every day
(d) Once or twice a year

2. When was Richard Allen Mesington born?
(a) In early 1993
(b) July 4, 1776
(c) The novel doesn't say
(d) October 13, 1979

3. After whom was Richard Allen Mesington named?
(a) His maternal grandfather
(b) A famous artist
(c) A famous British officer of the American Revolutionary War
(d) A well-known gunsmith

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

5. Who trained Cornish McManus?
(a) John Byam
(b) John Waynewright
(c) Joe Manton
(d) Richard Allen Mesinger

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed of dog is Sissy?

2. What function does the tang perform on the rifle that Cornish McManus built?

3. What does Cornish McManus make out of rough-sawn "blanks"?

4. What does Sarah hope to do with John Byam's "sweet" rifle?

5. What is the name of the hand tool that Cornish McManus used to cut the barrel channel into the stock of his "sweet" rifle?

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