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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of grease does Cornish McManus use to lubricate his patches?
(a) Bear grease
(b) Rancid butter
(c) Axle grease
(d) Hoppe's #9

2. In Cornish McManus' opinion, what is the most significant aspect of a rifle?
(a) Cost
(b) Weight
(c) Accuracy
(d) Beauty

3. What happens to John Byam's "sweet" rifle after he dies?
(a) It is given to another Revolutionary War soldier
(b) It is put into a museum
(c) It is stolen by a woman named Sarah
(d) George Washington praises it in a speech

4. According to the novel, how often do police use firearms to shoot criminals?
(a) Once or twice a year
(b) Almost never
(c) Almost every day
(d) Several times during an average career

5. Although he buys and sells guns constantly, Tim Harrow never has fewer than how many guns?
(a) Two or three hundred
(b) One rifle, one pistol, and one shotgun
(c) Two
(d) Twenty-five or thirty

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the unnamed gun collector buy the "sweet" rifle from an antique shop?

2. How does Richard Allen Mesington think about firearms?

3. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when he stops believing in Santa Claus?

4. With which relative is Richard Allen Mesington particularly close?

5. Who tells Peggy that Richard Allen Mesington has a crush on her?

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