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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Joining, and The Rifle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives next door to the Richard Allen Mesington family in Missouri?
(a) Harv Kline
(b) Tim Harrow
(c) Cornish McManus
(d) John Byam

2. What object rekindles in Cornish McManus the desire to build a masterpiece of a rifle?
(a) A target shooting competition
(b) A woman's petticoat
(c) A rough-sawn "blank" of curly maple
(d) A newspaper article

3. How many rifling grooves does Cornish McManus cut in the barrel of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) Sixty-two
(b) Four
(c) Thirteen
(d) One

4. What type of soldiers does John Byam prefer to kill?
(a) British officers and sergeants
(b) British privates
(c) He doesn't kill any soldiers
(d) American officers and sergeants

5. Who built the rifle discussed in the novel?
(a) John Byam
(b) John Waynewright
(c) Joe Manton
(d) Cornish McManus

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Harv Kline's favorite time of year?

2. According to the novel, what would Richard Allen Mesinger have done had he not been shot?

3. How does John Byam die?

4. What clears the "mummified grease" (p. 92) from the touchhole of the "sweet" rifle?

5. How much does Tim Harrow pay for the "sweet" rifle when he buys it at an Arkansas gun show?

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