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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Richard Allen Mesinger doing at the moment he is killed?
(a) Adjusting a decoration on a Christmas tree
(b) He is making out with Peggy
(c) He is riding a horse behind enemy lines
(d) He is flying a P-51 in combat during World War II

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

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

4. Why doesn't Richard Allen Mesington tell Peggy that he loves her?
(a) He is debilitatingly shy
(b) He already has a jealous girlfiend in Sarah
(c) He is homosexual
(d) Because she is much older than he is

5. About when were Harv Kline's two children born?
(a) 1982 and 1984
(b) 1865 and 1867
(c) 1776 and 1778
(d) 1993 and 1995

6. When Richard Allen Mesington is four years old, he has an exciting experience doing what?
(a) Riding in a mobile home
(b) Hunting with his father
(c) Shooting a rifle
(d) Riding on a backhoe while it works

7. After whom was Richard Allen Mesington named?
(a) A famous British officer of the American Revolutionary War
(b) His maternal grandfather
(c) A famous artist
(d) A well-known gunsmith

8. According to the novel, how fast does a black powder charge burn?
(a) In about 1.45 seconds
(b) 186,000 miles per second
(c) 25,000 feet per second
(d) About 1100 feet per second at sea level

9. What were prohibited in the powder magazine of Revolutionary War ships?
(a) Rifles
(b) Women
(c) Smoking
(d) Lanterns

10. When Richard Allen Mesington is fourteen years old, who is his girlfriend?
(a) Sarah
(b) Isabelle
(c) Peggy
(d) Sissy

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

12. When he is an infant, how does Richard Allen Mesington get Sissy to stop walking?
(a) He asks her to stop
(b) He sits down and cries
(c) He pulls her fur
(d) He says he'll tell his mom if she doesn't do what he says

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

14. 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

15. What is Harv Kline's favorite time of year?
(a) Just after tax season
(b) Spring
(c) The Christmas season
(d) The hunting season

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is an infant, Richard Allen Mesington imitated which animal?

2. When the Mesington family moves away from Willow, Colorado, what state do they move to?

3. From age seven to nine years old, Richard Allen Mesington believes he will pursue which profession?

4. According to the novel, how many baseball games did Richard Allen Mesinger watch in an average year?

5. For what did sailing ships in the Revolutionary War use black power?

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