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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the longitudinal exterior shape of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) Square
(b) Octagonal
(c) Round
(d) Hexagonal

5. How many "sweet" rifles was an average gunsmith likely to make in their career?
(a) Dozens
(b) Hundreds
(c) One
(d) None

6. After his apprenticeship is complete, Cornish McManus is referred to as what?
(a) Apprentice gunsmith
(b) Rifle gunsmith
(c) Journeyman gunsmith
(d) Master gunsmith

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

8. How much powder does Cornish McManus use when he shoots his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A handful
(b) 217 grains
(c) The amount that normally would be used for a .40 caliber rifle.
(d) The amount that normally would be used for a .50 caliber rifle.

9. What kills most of the soldiers during the American Revolutionary War?
(a) Rifles
(b) Dysentery
(c) Snipers
(d) Cannon

10. What does rifling do for a rifle?
(a) Spins the projectile, making it more accurate
(b) Makes it easier to load
(c) Helps the powder burn more quickly
(d) Makes it easier to clean

11. On one occasion John Byam shoots how many British officers in just a few moments?
(a) Ten
(b) Two
(c) Eleven
(d) Three

12. What is Tim Harrow doing when he hears about the bloody end of the Waco Siege on 19 April 1993?
(a) Being arrested for public intoxication
(b) Discovering a genetic cure for heart disease
(c) Cleaning McManus' "sweet" rifle
(d) Driving through Missouri

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

14. On the rifle that Cornish McManus builds, what is the name of the part that holds the flint?
(a) The patch box
(b) The bore
(c) The frizzen
(d) The hammer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take McNary's Rangers to travel from Philadelphia to New York?

2. Why does Cornish McManus decide to sell his "sweet" rifle?

3. John Waynewright spends most of his time studying what aspect of rifle construction?

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

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

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