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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 constituted the "door" to the powder magazine in Revolutionary War ships?
(a) The sentry's crossed bayonets
(b) A porthole
(c) A black line on the floor
(d) A wet blanket

2. What were prohibited in the powder magazine of Revolutionary War ships?
(a) Rifles
(b) Women
(c) Smoking
(d) Lanterns

3. According to the novel, how often do police use firearms to shoot criminals?
(a) Almost never
(b) Almost every day
(c) Once or twice a year
(d) Several times during an average career

4. When does Richard Allen Mesinger die?
(a) 4 July 1993
(b) 4 July 1776
(c) 24 December 1993
(d) 24 December 1776

5. Who is Richard Allen Mesington's first girlfriend?
(a) Tilson
(b) Sarah
(c) Peggy
(d) Sissy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the unnamed gun collector buy the "sweet" rifle from an antique shop?

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

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

4. Who built the rifle discussed in the novel?

5. In New York, John Byam often shoots and kills English soldiers in the opposite lines at what range?

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