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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Joining, and The Rifle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shot is Cornish McManus?
(a) McManus is an average shot
(b) McManus is a bad shot
(c) McManus never shoots a gun in the novel
(d) McManus is a crack shot

2. Tim Harrow refers to the effect of bullet impact on game as...
(a) E pluribus unum
(b) Bringin' home the bacon
(c) Spectacular
(d) Hydraulic shock

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

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

5. How long does Richard Allen Mesington own the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Only a few months
(b) For several years
(c) He never owns it
(d) Only a few days

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel states that black powder has what chemical property?

2. What were the small boys called who hauled powder from the magazine to the cannon during the Revolutionary War?

3. What does Harv Kline say after the "sweet" rifle accidentally discharges?

4. According to the novel, what would Richard Allen Mesinger have done had he not been shot?

5. According to the novel, what is the curve of a bullet's nose called?

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