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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. British forces hang a farmer named Bainbridge because they find what hidden on his property?
(a) The "sweet" rifle that McManus built
(b) Cannon powder and lead
(c) A psychiatric evaluation
(d) American coinage

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

3. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?
(a) A target shooting competition
(b) A woman's petticoat
(c) A newspaper article
(d) A rough-sawn "blank" of curly maple

4. Why doesn't Richard Allen Mesington play with the next door neighbor Harv Kline's son?
(a) Harv Kline's son is too young
(b) Harv Kline's son is too old
(c) Harv Kline's son drowned as an infant
(d) Harv Kline's son doesn't like guns

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what ailment did Richard Allen Mesington suffer as an infant?

2. What does Mr. Mesington do for a living?

3. What does Richard Allen Mesington do as a small child that frightens his parents?

4. What does Harv Kline do with the "sweet" rifle?

5. What does Richard Allen Mesington call the first heavy equipment he sees moving earth?

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