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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 would Richard Allen Mesinger have done had he not been shot?
(a) Found a "genetic cure for heart disease"
(b) Built a second "sweet" rifle
(c) Murdered Harv Kline
(d) Married Sarah

2. What kills Tim Harrow?
(a) The police shoot him while raiding his motor home for guns
(b) Stomach cancer caused by drinking beer
(c) The British hang him as a traitor
(d) He's shot in the forehead by Harv Kline

3. What is Richard Allen Mesinger doing at the moment he is killed?
(a) He is making out with Peggy
(b) He is flying a P-51 in combat during World War II
(c) Adjusting a decoration on a Christmas tree
(d) He is riding a horse behind enemy lines

4. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when his family buys their first television?
(a) Ten
(b) Fourteen
(c) Twenty
(d) Only a few weeks

5. What does Sarah hope to do with John Byam's "sweet" rifle?
(a) Sell it for money
(b) Give it to one of her sons
(c) Make copies of it
(d) Use it to assassinate Colonel Bainbridge

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hand tool that Cornish McManus used to cut the barrel channel into the stock of his "sweet" rifle?

2. In what sport is Richard Allen Mesington not interested?

3. Where does the "sweet" rifle remain from c. 1776 until 1993?

4. After his apprenticeship is complete, Cornish McManus is referred to as what?

5. What tall tale does Tim Harrow make up about the "sweet" rifle that, unbeknownst to him, is actually true?

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