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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. According to the novel, how much time elapses between the spark setting off the "sweet" rifle and Richard Allen Mesinger's death?
(a) Less than 1.5 hours
(b) Less than 1.5 minutes
(c) Less than 1.5 days
(d) Less than 1.5 seconds

2. 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) George Washington praises it in a speech
(d) It is stolen by a woman named Sarah

3. According to the novel, what is the curve of a bullet's nose called?
(a) The snout
(b) Hollow point
(c) The secant ogive
(d) Sugar loaf

4. What does Richard Allen Mesington call the first heavy equipment he sees moving earth?
(a) A "Harley" (p. 75)
(b) Savage and destructive (p. 74)
(c) A "bughoe" (p. 75)
(d) A "[B]iiig dog" (p. 75)

5. How does John Byam die?
(a) He shoots himself by accident while cleaning his rifle
(b) He is hung by the Americans for desertion
(c) He is shot by the British during a skirmish
(d) He dies of dysentery

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of heel drop does Cornish McManus use on the butt stock of his "sweet" rifle?

2. What does Sarah hope to do with John Byam's "sweet" rifle?

3. When he is an infant, how does Richard Allen Mesington get Sissy to stop walking?

4. How much does John Byam pay Cornish McManus in exchange for the "sweet" rifle?

5. Tim Harrow is honorably discharged from which branch of the armed forces?

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