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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Tim Harrow call knives?
(a) Edged weapons
(b) Shivs
(c) Pig stickers
(d) My precious knives
2. Who discovers the "sweet" rifle in 1993 in the attic of a house in Connecticut?
(a) Richard Allen Mesinger
(b) An antiques dealer
(c) Two children of the house's new owner
(d) Tim Harrow
3. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) .66 caliber
(b) .40 caliber
(c) .58 caliber
(d) .75 caliber
4. In New York, John Byam often shoots and kills English soldiers in the opposite lines at what range?
(a) Three hundred yards
(b) Fifteen feet
(c) Byam doesn't shoot any English soldiers
(d) About one mile
5. What type of rifle is Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?
(a) A flintlock
(b) A wheel lock
(c) A snaphaunce
(d) A matchlock
6. What event in American history does Tim Harrow know the most about?
(a) The 9-11 terror attacks
(b) The amphibious assault on Tarawa
(c) Custer's last stand
(d) The Gettysburg Address
7. Where does Tim Harrow live?
(a) In Arkansas
(b) He is homeless
(c) In a motor home that is always on the move
(d) In a trailer park in New York
8. What does rifling do for a rifle?
(a) Spins the projectile, making it more accurate
(b) Helps the powder burn more quickly
(c) Makes it easier to clean
(d) Makes it easier to load
9. On one occasion John Byam shoots how many British officers in just a few moments?
(a) Ten
(b) Three
(c) Eleven
(d) Two
10. After John Byam shoots his first British soldier, what group does he join?
(a) The Green Mountain Boys
(b) Washington's Bushwhackers
(c) The Black Sheep Squadron
(d) McNary's Rangers
11. What is the longitudinal exterior shape of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) Square
(b) Round
(c) Hexagonal
(d) Octagonal
12. Why does the unnamed gun collector buy the "sweet" rifle from an antique shop?
(a) To donate it to a museum
(b) To sell it at a gun show and make some money
(c) He wants to use it to shoot Richard Allen Mesinger
(d) To write a book about its history
13. During the Revolutionary war period a typical rifle was accurate at what distance?
(a) 50 feet
(b) 1,000 yards
(c) 100 yards
(d) 50 to 60 yards
14. Who repairs the fuel pump on Tim Harrow's mobile home?
(a) Harv Kline
(b) John Byam
(c) Richard Allen Mesinger
(d) Cornish McManus
15. How much money does Tim Harrow have hidden in his mobile home?
(a) About twenty thousand dollars in cash and gold
(b) Only a few dollars
(c) None
(d) Over one million dollars in cash and gold
Short Answer Questions
1. Cornish McManus establishes a gunsmith shop near what major city?
2. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?
3. What material does Cornish McManus use to brown the exterior surface of a barrel?
4. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?
5. Tim Harrow refers to the effect of bullet impact on game as...
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