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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. What type of soldiers does John Byam prefer to kill?
(a) He doesn't kill any soldiers
(b) British officers and sergeants
(c) British privates
(d) American officers and sergeants

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

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

4. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) One turn in thirty-five inches
(b) One turn in six inches
(c) It doesn't twist
(d) One turn in thirty-five yards

5. Cornish McManus establishes a gunsmith shop near what major city?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) New York
(c) Willow
(d) Philadelphia

Short Answer Questions

1. What kills most of the soldiers during the American Revolutionary War?

2. After Cornish McManus sells his "sweet" rifle to John Byam, what happens to him [McManus]?

3. During the Revolutionary war period, rifles that were very accurate were described by what adjective?

4. On the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, what is the name of the part that holds the flint?

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

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