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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?
(a) A woman's petticoat
(b) A newspaper article
(c) A rough-sawn "blank" of curly maple
(d) A target shooting competition

2. How much does Harv Kline want to charge Tim Harrow for fixing his vehicle?
(a) $20
(b) Nothing
(c) $4,000
(d) $400

3. What event in American history does Tim Harrow know the most about?
(a) The Gettysburg Address
(b) The 9-11 terror attacks
(c) The amphibious assault on Tarawa
(d) Custer's last stand

4. What type of wood does Cornish McManus use to make the gun-stock of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) Goncala Alves
(b) Curly maple
(c) American oak
(d) Black oak

5. What does Sarah hope to do with John Byam's "sweet" rifle?
(a) Sell it for money
(b) Use it to assassinate Colonel Bainbridge
(c) Make copies of it
(d) Give it to one of her sons

6. Tim Harrow refers to the effect of bullet impact on game as...
(a) E pluribus unum
(b) Hydraulic shock
(c) Spectacular
(d) Bringin' home the bacon

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

8. In his lifetime, how many times does Tim Harrow use a firearm to protect his life or property?
(a) Dozens of times
(b) Zero
(c) Once
(d) Sixteen

9. What is the distance of the longest kill John Byam achieves during his time in New York?
(a) 400 yards
(b) One nautical mile
(c) 100 yards
(d) 30 long paces

10. In New York, John Byam often shoots and kills English soldiers in the opposite lines at what range?
(a) Byam doesn't shoot any English soldiers
(b) About one mile
(c) Fifteen feet
(d) Three hundred yards

11. What is the irregular mark called that is left on a bullet after it is cast?
(a) The bite
(b) The sprue
(c) The burr
(d) Lucifer's footprint

12. 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

13. What does Harv Kline do with the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Takes it hunting
(b) Hangs it over the fireplace
(c) Uses it to shoot British officers and sergeants
(d) Sells it to an antique shop

14. Over what distance does John Byam shoot when he kills his first British soldier?
(a) Two hundred paces
(b) Nearly one mile
(c) Just a few feet
(d) About four hundred rods

15. 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 mold
(b) A rifling saw
(c) A burr
(d) A bore punch

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first buys the "sweet" rifle from Cornish McManus?

2. How does John Byam die?

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

4. During the Revolutionary war period, rifles that were very accurate were described by what adjective?

5. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

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