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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the colonials call Americans who do not want to gain independence from British rule?
(a) Georgites
(b) Boers
(c) Scabs
(d) Loyalists

2. After Cornish McManus sells his "sweet" rifle to John Byam, what happens to him [McManus]?
(a) He joins McNary's Rangers
(b) The British hang him as a traitor
(c) The Americans hang him as a traitor
(d) John Wainwright hires him again

3. Who built the rifle discussed in the novel?
(a) John Byam
(b) Joe Manton
(c) John Waynewright
(d) Cornish McManus

4. According to the novel, how much would the "sweet" rifle be worth if its provenance were known and proved?
(a) $10,000 - $15,000
(b) $700
(c) $350
(d) It would be priceless

5. During the Revolutionary war period, rifles that were very accurate were described by what adjective?
(a) Gilt-edged
(b) Sweet
(c) Perfect
(d) Hot

6. How much money does Tim Harrow have hidden in his mobile home?
(a) Over one million dollars in cash and gold
(b) Only a few dollars
(c) About twenty thousand dollars in cash and gold
(d) None

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

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

9. What is John Byam paid for joining a volunteer unit in fighting against the British?
(a) A saddle, cup, spoon, bowl, powder, and lead
(b) Two hundred dollars
(c) Nothing
(d) Forty cents a day

10. How much force does it take on the trigger to fire that "sweet" rifle that Cornish McManus builds?
(a) About three pounds
(b) About three ounces
(c) About thirty pounds
(d) About three hundred pounds

11. 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 hundred dollars
(d) Two thousand dollars

12. Although he buys and sells guns constantly, Tim Harrow never has fewer than how many guns?
(a) One rifle, one pistol, and one shotgun
(b) Two
(c) Twenty-five or thirty
(d) Two or three hundred

13. Where does Tim Harrow live?
(a) In a trailer park in New York
(b) He is homeless
(c) In a motor home that is always on the move
(d) In Arkansas

14. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) .75 caliber
(b) .40 caliber
(c) .66 caliber
(d) .58 caliber

15. What happens to John Byam's "sweet" rifle after he dies?
(a) George Washington praises it in a speech
(b) It is given to another Revolutionary War soldier
(c) It is stolen by a woman named Sarah
(d) It is put into a museum

Short Answer Questions

1. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?

2. What type of lock does Cornish McManus fit into his "sweet" rifle?

3. How much does Tim Harrow tell Harv Kline the "sweet" rifle is worth?

4. What type of rifle is Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?

5. Who discovers the "sweet" rifle in 1993 in the attic of a house in Connecticut?

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