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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Richard Allen Mesington is four years old, he has an exciting experience doing what?
(a) Hunting with his father
(b) Riding in a mobile home
(c) Shooting a rifle
(d) Riding on a backhoe while it works

2. How does Richard Allen Mesington think about firearms?
(a) He thinks he's like to learn how to make them
(b) He doesn't think about them
(c) He is terrified of them
(d) He loves them

3. In what sport is Richard Allen Mesington not interested?
(a) Soccer
(b) Basketball
(c) Baseball
(d) Football

4. After buying the "sweet" rifle for twenty-five dollars, for how much does the antique store owner sell the weapon?
(a) Two thousand dollars
(b) Two hundred thousand dollars
(c) Two hundred dollars
(d) Twenty thousand dollars

5. Who built the rifle discussed in the novel?
(a) John Waynewright
(b) John Byam
(c) Cornish McManus
(d) Joe Manton

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tim Harrow live?

2. What profession does Richard Allen Mesington first believe he will pursue?

3. What does rifling do for a rifle?

4. During the Revolutionary war period, rifles that were very accurate were described by what adjective?

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

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