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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. Who gives Henry Bowman his first guns?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His brother.

2. Who do the federal agents find?
(a) A family.
(b) A woman.
(c) Two brothers.
(d) One judge.

3. What is Zofia's family's relationship with the Nazis?
(a) They are embraced by them.
(b) They are killed by them.
(c) They are threatened by them.
(d) They are hidden from them.

4. What genre is 'Unintended Consequences'?
(a) Historical fiction.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Memoir.

5. What big blow does Henry Bowman suffer as a teenager?
(a) A hunting accident.
(b) His father dying of cancer.
(c) His parents divorce.
(d) A car wreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What law did the judge believe the law he struck down violated?

2. What are federal agents looking for in the first chapter?

3. How did Max Collins escape after the wreck?

4. What charges can the federal agents use?

5. Who is Lieutenant Walter Bowman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Ross turn our focus to guns in World War II?

2. What do Ad Topperwine and John Browning have in common?

3. Who is Walter Bowman?

4. Who is the Gutierrez family?

5. Why was the Firearms Act struck down?

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

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

8. What happened to Rosa Gutierrez?

9. Who is Cameron Wilcox?

10. What is Henry Bowman's goal in life as a young person?

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