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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Tim Harrow shot and killed someone who was attempting to burglarize his home, how would he likely refer to his action?
(a) Using justifiable deadly force
(b) Good fun
(c) A tragic accident
(d) Unfortunate but necessary

2. 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?
(a) He already has a gun
(b) He needs money so he sells it
(c) His wife is afraid of guns
(d) He doesn't have a gun permit

3. How much does Tim Harrow pay for the "sweet" rifle when he buys it at an Arkansas gun show?
(a) Three hundred and fifty dollars
(b) Two cases of beer
(c) Twenty-five dollars
(d) Three thousand five hundred dollars

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

5. Who trained Cornish McManus?
(a) Richard Allen Mesinger
(b) John Byam
(c) John Waynewright
(d) Joe Manton

6. 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

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

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

9. Tim Harrow's mind is swirling with all of the following except?
(a) Information about the United States Constitution
(b) Information about Christianity
(c) Information about guns
(d) Information about literature

10. What function does the tang perform on the rifle that Cornish McManus built?
(a) It helps holds the barrel to the stock
(b) It holds the hammer to the lock
(c) It's used in sighting the rifle
(d) It holds the bayonet

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

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

13. What type of grease does Cornish McManus use to lubricate his patches?
(a) Hoppe's #9
(b) Axle grease
(c) Rancid butter
(d) Bear grease

14. What kills Tim Harrow?
(a) The British hang him as a traitor
(b) The police shoot him while raiding his motor home for guns
(c) Stomach cancer caused by drinking beer
(d) He's shot in the forehead by Harv Kline

15. How many rifling grooves does Cornish McManus cut in the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) Four
(b) Thirteen
(c) One
(d) Sixty-two

Short Answer Questions

1. Who repairs the fuel pump on Tim Harrow's mobile home?

2. In the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, the flint strikes a piece of metal called what?

3. What material does Cornish McManus use to build the butt plate, the patch box, the keys, and the cap of this "sweet" rifle?

4. How much force does it take on the trigger to fire that "sweet" rifle that Cornish McManus builds?

5. Why does Cornish McManus cast bullets that are a little too small for the rifle's bore?

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