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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. Although the unnamed man whose children find the "sweet" rifle in the attic of their new house finds it beautiful, he gets rid of it. Why?
(a) He doesn't have a gun permit
(b) He needs money so he sells it
(c) He already has a gun
(d) His wife is afraid of guns

2. Who first buys the "sweet" rifle from Cornish McManus?
(a) Richard Allen Mesinger
(b) John Byam
(c) Harv Kline
(d) Tim Harrow

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

4. What tall tale does Tim Harrow make up about the "sweet" rifle that, unbeknownst to him, is actually true?
(a) That is was used to assassinate President Lincoln
(b) That is was used in the American Civil War
(c) That it once was owned by Thomas Jefferson
(d) That it was used in the American Revolutionary War

5. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?
(a) Twenty-five cents
(b) It's not sold but traded for a painting of Elvis Presley
(c) Two thousand dollars
(d) Twenty-five dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John Byam paid for joining a volunteer unit in fighting against the British?

2. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, what strikes a steel surface to fire the gun?

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

4. British forces hang a farmer named Bainbridge because they find what hidden on his property?

5. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

(see the answer key)

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