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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shot is Cornish McManus?
(a) McManus is a crack shot
(b) McManus never shoots a gun in the novel
(c) McManus is a bad shot
(d) McManus is an average shot

2. Why does Cornish McManus cast bullets that are a little too small for the rifle's bore?
(a) Because he doesn't know what he's doing
(b) So they can be loaded quickly
(c) So they will be inaccurate
(d) So they can be used with a patch

3. Although he buys and sells guns constantly, Tim Harrow never has fewer than how many guns?
(a) Two or three hundred
(b) One rifle, one pistol, and one shotgun
(c) Two
(d) Twenty-five or thirty

4. What type of rifle is Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?
(a) A matchlock
(b) A snaphaunce
(c) A flintlock
(d) A wheel lock

5. What type of lock does Cornish McManus fit into his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A match lock
(b) A padlock
(c) A Browning lock
(d) A flintlock

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Harv Kline want to charge Tim Harrow for fixing his vehicle?

2. Tim Harrow's vest has all of the following slogans except?

3. How long does it take Cornish McManus to manufacture the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?

4. What is the distance of the longest kill John Byam achieves during his time in New York?

5. How much does John Byam pay Cornish McManus in exchange for the "sweet" rifle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the initial organization of McRary's Rangers.

2. In order to fire properly, the following things must be true: "the powder is dry and in good shape" (p. 16); "the flint is clean and with a new sharp edge" (p. 16); "the frizzen is wiped dry" (p. 16); "the spring on the hammer is strong" (p. 16); "the flint [slams] hard against the frizzen" (p. 16); "the powder is positioned correctly in the pan" (p. 17). Explain how all of these things happen to occur on Christmas Eve, 1993.

3. What types of uses is Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle put to during the novel?

4. The "sweet" rifle shoots a .40 caliber ball; most rifles of the period shot a much, much larger ball. Does the small caliber of the "sweet" rifle reduce its killing capability?

5. When Cornish McManus built his "sweet" rifle, what did he probably imagine it would be used for?

6. Describe how the British are presented in the novel.

7. In reviewing John Byam's actions in the novel, would you consider him a hero?

8. In reading the novel, do you think of the "sweet" Rifle as a character or as an object?

9. Is the "sweet" rifle evil?

10. Most gunsmiths would test their barrels early in the manufacturing process, to avoid wasting time finishing faulty barrels. Cornish McManus does not test his barrel until the entire gun is finished. Why?

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