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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. Tim Harrow's vest has all of the following slogans except?
(a) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
(b) I'll give up my guns when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.
(c) Register criminals, not guns.
(d) If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.

2. How does John Byam die?
(a) He shoots himself by accident while cleaning his rifle
(b) He is shot by the British during a skirmish
(c) He is hung by the Americans for desertion
(d) He dies of dysentery

3. Where does the "sweet" rifle remain from c. 1776 until 1993?
(a) In an attic in a house in Connecticut
(b) In a museum
(c) In a carriage in a garage
(d) In the personal collection of Tim Harrow

4. 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) His wife is afraid of guns
(b) He needs money so he sells it
(c) He already has a gun
(d) He doesn't have a gun permit

5. John Waynewright spends most of his time studying what aspect of rifle construction?
(a) The process of rifling
(b) Engraving
(c) Stock fitting
(d) Improving the lock

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Tim Harrow tell Harv Kline the "sweet" rifle is worth?

2. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?

3. How many "sweet" rifles was an average gunsmith likely to make in their career?

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

5. How much powder does Cornish McManus use when he shoots his "sweet" rifle?

(see the answer key)

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