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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 lock does Cornish McManus fit into his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A match lock
(b) A padlock
(c) A Browning lock
(d) A flintlock

2. According to the novel, how fast does a black powder charge burn?
(a) About 1100 feet per second at sea level
(b) 186,000 miles per second
(c) In about 1.45 seconds
(d) 25,000 feet per second

3. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when he has his first crush on Peggy?
(a) Fourteen years old
(b) Twenty years old
(c) Nine years old
(d) Sixteen years old

4. What tall tale does Tim Harrow make up about the "sweet" rifle that, unbeknownst to him, is actually true?
(a) That it once was owned by Thomas Jefferson
(b) That it was used in the American Revolutionary War
(c) That is was used in the American Civil War
(d) That is was used to assassinate President Lincoln

5. 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) Twenty-five dollars
(c) Twenty-five cents
(d) Two thousand dollars

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what did sailing ships in the Revolutionary War use black power?

3. How does Richard Allen Mesington refer to the first bear he sees as an infant?

4. According to the novel, how much time elapses between the spark setting off the "sweet" rifle and Richard Allen Mesinger's death?

5. According to the novel, why were all guns kept loaded prior to 1850?

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