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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard Allen Mesington do as a small child that frightens his parents?
(a) Explores the forest around the family home
(b) Chases a bear in the forest around the family home
(c) Plays with a gun
(d) Likes to play with fire

2. When Richard Allen Mesington is eleven and twelve years old what is his favorite hobby?
(a) Drawing
(b) Training dogs
(c) Shooting a rifle
(d) Building model airplanes and cars

3. Who tells Peggy that Richard Allen Mesington has a crush on her?
(a) Tilson
(b) Harv Kline
(c) Dennis
(d) Tim Harrow

4. When Richard Allen Mesington is fourteen years old he considers pursuing all of the following careers except?
(a) Teacher
(b) Soldier
(c) Doctor
(d) Major-league pitcher

5. What does Harv Kline say after the "sweet" rifle accidentally discharges?
(a) He curses
(b) "Take that..." (p. 95)
(c) "What--" (p. 95)
(d) "Bang!" (p. 95)

6. When does Richard Allen Mesinger die?
(a) 24 December 1993
(b) 4 July 1993
(c) 4 July 1776
(d) 24 December 1776

7. What happens to black powder if it is exposed to the air for a long period of time?
(a) It is ruined
(b) It explodes
(c) It turns a greyish white
(d) It gets much stronger

8. How many close friends does Richard Allen Mesington have during the first few years of his life?
(a) Five
(b) Dozens
(c) None
(d) One

9. Richard Allen Mesington dreams of owing what kind of vehicle?
(a) A "Harley" (p. 81)
(b) A backhoe (p. 81)
(c) A "'Vette" (p. 81)
(d) A "Vespa" (p. 81)

10. How much linear distance in the bore of the "sweet" rifle is used by a typical loading of powder and patched ball?
(a) Two feet
(b) None
(c) The entire length of the bore
(d) Two inches

11. Just before the "sweet" rifle accidentally discharges, what is Harv Kline doing?
(a) Loading the gun
(b) Cleaning the gun
(c) Stirring the fire with a poker
(d) Taking aim at a British officer

12. Who is Richard Allen Mesington's best friend?
(a) Dennis
(b) Tim Harrow
(c) Tilson
(d) Cornish McManus

13. In the novel, how many people actually fire the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Eighteen
(b) None
(c) Dozens and dozens
(d) Two

14. From age nine to ten, Richard Allen Mesington believes he will pursue which profession?
(a) Medicine
(b) Veterinary science
(c) Airplane pilot
(d) Law

15. What does the Mesinger family do in the early evening of Christmas Eve, 1993?
(a) They go snow sledding
(b) They sit down to a huge dinner of goose
(c) They walk the neighborhood looking at Christmas decorations
(d) They play "sub-for-Santa" with the Kline family

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe the loading process used by John Byam to load the "sweet" rifle?

2. Why doesn't Richard Allen Mesington play with the next door neighbor Harv Kline's son?

3. Where is Richard Allen Mesinger shot?

4. How old is Richard Allen Mesington when his family buys their first television?

5. After John Byam, what act is never performed on the "sweet" rifle?

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