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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. Where did Ray Johnson get his degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Columbia.

2. What does Ad Topperwine have in common with the designer?
(a) They were both gun enthusiasts.
(b) They were both government researchers.
(c) They were both contractors.
(d) They were both soldiers.

3. Where does Harold Gaines live?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Turners Falls.
(c) Providence.
(d) St. Louis.

4. What charges can the federal agents use?
(a) Illegal alcohol consumption.
(b) Selling alcohol to a minor.
(c) Illegal firearm possession.
(d) Tax evasion.

5. How old is Ray Johnson in Chapter Two?
(a) Twelfth grade.
(b) Eighth grade.
(c) Second grade.
(d) Tenth grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Henry Bowman in 1959?

2. What branch of the military was Max Collins in?

3. When does Cameron Wilcox suffer personal disasters?

4. What happens during Ray Johnson's trip?

5. Who is Irwin Mann?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ray Johnson looking forward to in 1959?

2. Who is Ad Topperwine?

3. What had Ray Johnson just finished when we see him in 1959?

4. What does Henry Bowman say about the assassination of President Kennedy?

5. What is the allegory of Nazi Germany for American readers?

6. What law do Henry Bowman and his friends resent?

7. How does John Ross treat the United States government's violence against veterans and the Nazi government's persecution of Jews differently?

8. What happened to Rosa Gutierrez?

9. How does the repeal of Prohibition affect the implementation of gun laws in the United States, according to the book?

10. Why was the Firearms Act struck down?

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