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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 does rifling do for a rifle?
(a) Spins the projectile, making it more accurate
(b) Makes it easier to load
(c) Makes it easier to clean
(d) Helps the powder burn more quickly

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

3. Tim Harrow is honorably discharged from which branch of the armed forces?
(a) The Marines
(b) The navy
(c) The army
(d) The air force

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

5. When Cornish McManus test fires his rifle for accuracy, from what range does he choose to shoot?
(a) One hundred paces
(b) One hundred yards
(c) Thirty long steps
(d) One thousand long steps

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cornish McManus choose a small caliber for his "sweet" rifle?

2. What is the distance of the longest kill John Byam achieves during his time in New York?

3. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

4. What does Cornish McManus make out of rough-sawn "blanks"?

5. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, the flint strikes a piece of metal called what?

(see the answer key)

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