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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Waynewright spends most of his time studying what aspect of rifle construction?
(a) The process of rifling
(b) Improving the lock
(c) Stock fitting
(d) Engraving

2. In New York, John Byam often shoots and kills English soldiers in the opposite lines at what range?
(a) Fifteen feet
(b) About one mile
(c) Byam doesn't shoot any English soldiers
(d) Three hundred yards

3. What tall tale does Tim Harrow make up about the "sweet" rifle that, unbeknownst to him, is actually true?
(a) That is was used in the American Civil War
(b) That it once was owned by Thomas Jefferson
(c) That it was used in the American Revolutionary War
(d) That is was used to assassinate President Lincoln

4. How does Richard Allen Mesington refer to the first bear he sees as an infant?
(a) "Daddy!" (p. 73)
(b) "[B]iiig dog" (p. 73)
(c) "[B]ughoe" (p. 73)
(d) "B... b... b..." (p. 73)

5. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, what strikes a steel surface to fire the gun?
(a) A piece of flint
(b) The frizzen
(c) The hammer
(d) A fulminating cap

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Harv Kline want to charge Tim Harrow for fixing his vehicle?

2. When Richard Allen Mesington is fourteen years old, who is his girlfriend?

3. What breed of dog is Sissy?

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

5. What type of heel drop does Cornish McManus use on the butt stock of his "sweet" rifle?

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