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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Joining, and The Rifle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the novel, what is the curve of a bullet's nose called?
(a) Sugar loaf
(b) The secant ogive
(c) Hollow point
(d) The snout

2. Where does Tim Harrow live?
(a) In Arkansas
(b) He is homeless
(c) In a motor home that is always on the move
(d) In a trailer park in New York

3. According to the novel, what is the muzzle velocity of a black powder rifle's projectile?
(a) About 30 long paces
(b) Mach 2
(c) 1,200 feet per second
(d) The speed of light

4. When Richard Allen Mesington is four years old, he has an exciting experience doing what?
(a) Shooting a rifle
(b) Riding in a mobile home
(c) Hunting with his father
(d) Riding on a backhoe while it works

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the novel, what would Richard Allen Mesinger have done had he not been shot?

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

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

4. What event in American history does Tim Harrow know the most about?

5. After John Byam shoots his first British soldier, what group does he join?

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