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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Weapon, pages 33 to 66.

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) One rifle, one pistol, and one shotgun
(c) Two or three hundred
(d) Two

2. Why does Cornish McManus cast bullets that are a little too small for the rifle's bore?
(a) So they will be inaccurate
(b) So they can be used with a patch
(c) So they can be loaded quickly
(d) Because he doesn't know what he's doing

3. Who first buys the "sweet" rifle from Cornish McManus?
(a) Tim Harrow
(b) John Byam
(c) Richard Allen Mesinger
(d) Harv Kline

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

5. Why does Cornish McManus decide to sell his "sweet" rifle?
(a) He needs money because he's an alcoholic
(b) He needs money so he can get married
(c) Because it's not accurate
(d) Because he knows he can make another one

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the part of a flintlock rifle that holds the priming charge?

2. When Cornish McManus test fires his rifle for accuracy, from what range does he choose to shoot?

3. What type of soldiers does John Byam prefer to kill?

4. British forces hang a farmer named Bainbridge because they find what hidden on his property?

5. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

(see the answer key)

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