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

2. What is the name of the part of a flintlock rifle that holds the priming charge?
(a) The hammer
(b) The bolster
(c) The pan
(d) The patch box

3. What is the name of the hand tool that Cornish McManus used to cut the barrel channel into the stock of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A burr
(b) A bore punch
(c) A mold
(d) A rifling saw

4. Why does Cornish McManus choose a small caliber for his "sweet" rifle?
(a) In his experience, the smaller caliber is more accurate than the larger calibers
(b) He only has a small barrel mandrel
(c) He doesn't know what he's doing
(d) As a protest against John Wainwright

5. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, the flint strikes a piece of metal called what?
(a) The pan
(b) The patch box
(c) The frizzen
(d) The hammer

Short Answer Questions

1. What major world event transpires while Cornish McManus builds his "sweet" rifle?

2. In his lifetime, how many times does Tim Harrow use a firearm to protect his life or property?

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

4. What does Tim Harrow call knives?

5. What material does Cornish McManus use to build the butt plate, the patch box, the keys, and the cap of this "sweet" rifle?

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