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

2. When Richard Allen Mesington is eleven and twelve years old what is his favorite hobby?
(a) Building model airplanes and cars
(b) Drawing
(c) Training dogs
(d) Shooting a rifle

3. Tim Harrow's vest has all of the following slogans except?
(a) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
(b) If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.
(c) Register criminals, not guns.
(d) I'll give up my guns when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.

4. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when his family buys their first television?
(a) Twenty
(b) Ten
(c) Only a few weeks
(d) Fourteen

5. Harv Kline agrees to fix Tim Harrow's vehicle in exchange for what?
(a) A case of beer
(b) A motorcycle
(c) The "sweet" rifle and a velvet painting of Elvis Presley
(d) A kiss from Harrow's wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tim Harrow call knives?

2. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

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

4. What is Harv Kline's favorite time of year?

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

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