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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does rifling do for a rifle?
(a) Makes it easier to clean
(b) Helps the powder burn more quickly
(c) Spins the projectile, making it more accurate
(d) Makes it easier to load

2. After his apprenticeship is complete, Cornish McManus is referred to as what?
(a) Master gunsmith
(b) Apprentice gunsmith
(c) Rifle gunsmith
(d) Journeyman gunsmith

3. Who lives next door to the Richard Allen Mesington family in Missouri?
(a) John Byam
(b) Tim Harrow
(c) Harv Kline
(d) Cornish McManus

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

5. What is the distance of the longest kill John Byam achieves during his time in New York?
(a) 400 yards
(b) 30 long paces
(c) 100 yards
(d) One nautical mile

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Richard Allen Mesington's first girlfriend?

2. What is the final operation in the construction of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

3. What is the irregular mark called that is left on a bullet after it is cast?

4. Why doesn't Richard Allen Mesington tell Peggy that he loves her?

5. Tim Harrow is enthralled with what hobby?

(see the answer key)

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