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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 clears the "mummified grease" (p. 92) from the touchhole of the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Harv Kline's cigarette melts it
(b) Tim Harrow removes it while cleaning the rifle
(c) A candle flame melts it
(d) John Byam pricks it with a needle

2. According to the novel, what was the leading cause of death to voyagers along the Oregon Trail?
(a) Dysentery
(b) Indian attack
(c) Firearms accidents
(d) Starvation and exposure

3. What is the name of the hand tool that Cornish McManus used to cut the barrel channel into the stock of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A burr
(b) A rifling saw
(c) A mold
(d) A bore punch

4. How long does it take Cornish McManus to manufacture the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) He doesn't manufacture it--he buys it
(b) Four hours
(c) Two years
(d) Six months

5. What can comparing the length of the ramrod to the length of the barrel demonstrate with a muzzle-loading rifle?
(a) Whether it is British or American manufacture
(b) Whether it is loaded
(c) Whether it is a "sweet" rifle
(d) How accurate the rifle is

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard Allen Mesington is seven years old his family moves to what state?

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

3. What does Tim Harrow call knives?

4. Why does Tim Harrow stop in a small town in Missouri?

5. What is the name of the part of a flintlock rifle that holds the priming charge?

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