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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does John Byam pay Cornish McManus in exchange for the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Two hundred guineas
(b) Two thousand dollars
(c) Six hundredweight of flour
(d) A year's worth of cured hides

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

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

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

5. What is the irregular mark called that is left on a bullet after it is cast?
(a) Lucifer's footprint
(b) The burr
(c) The bite
(d) The sprue

Short Answer Questions

1. Who trained Cornish McManus?

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

3. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

4. Academically, how does Richard Allen Mesington perform?

5. What kills most of the soldiers during the American Revolutionary War?

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