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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was curly maple so prized for gun-stocks?
(a) Because it was easy to work with
(b) Because it was commonly available
(c) Because it was inexpensive
(d) Because of its great strength and beauty

3. What does Harv Kline do with the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Uses it to shoot British officers and sergeants
(b) Takes it hunting
(c) Hangs it over the fireplace
(d) Sells it to an antique shop

4. What is the longitudinal exterior shape of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) Square
(b) Round
(c) Octagonal
(d) Hexagonal

5. When he is an infant, Richard Allen Mesington imitated which animal?
(a) Bear
(b) Fish
(c) Deer
(d) Dog

Short Answer Questions

1. British forces hang a farmer named Bainbridge because they find what hidden on his property?

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

3. When Richard Allen Mesington is fourteen years old, who is his girlfriend?

4. What type of rifle is Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?

5. Most rifles of the American Revolutionary War period were .58 to .75 caliber. What caliber was Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

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