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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. With which relative is Richard Allen Mesington particularly close?
(a) His grandfather
(b) His son
(c) His cousin
(d) His adopted little sister

2. What happened to Mrs. Mesinger after Richard Allen Mesinger's death?
(a) She went insane
(b) The British soldiers hung her also
(c) She forgot about the "sweet" rifle in her attic
(d) She moved to California

3. According to the novel, what does a faster rate of spin do for a projectile?
(a) Makes it more accurate
(b) Makes it move slower
(c) Makes it hit harder
(d) Makes it move faster

4. According to the novel, how much pressure does a black powder charge generate?
(a) 11,000 pounds per square inch
(b) Very little
(c) Enough to blow up the average gun
(d) Two British tonnes

5. After buying the "sweet" rifle for twenty-five dollars, for how much does the antique store owner sell the weapon?
(a) Two hundred thousand dollars
(b) Twenty thousand dollars
(c) Two thousand dollars
(d) Two hundred dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard Allen Mesington get along with Harv Kline?

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

3. Although the unnamed man whose children find the "sweet" rifle in the attic of their new house finds it beautiful, he gets rid of it. Why?

4. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?

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

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