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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Weapon, pages 3 to 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Cornish McManus' opinion, what is the most significant aspect of a rifle?
(a) Beauty
(b) Accuracy
(c) Cost
(d) Weight

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

4. What type of wood does Cornish McManus use to make the gun-stock of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) Black oak
(b) Goncala Alves
(c) Curly maple
(d) American oak

5. What type of shot is Cornish McManus?
(a) McManus is a bad shot
(b) McManus never shoots a gun in the novel
(c) McManus is a crack shot
(d) McManus is an average shot

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rifling grooves does Cornish McManus cut in the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?

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

3. During the Revolutionary war period a typical rifle was accurate at what distance?

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

5. What does rifling do for a rifle?

(see the answer key)

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