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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. How many "sweet" rifles was an average gunsmith likely to make in their career?
(a) Hundreds
(b) Dozens
(c) One
(d) None

2. How does Richard Allen Mesinger die?
(a) Dysentery kills him
(b) He is shot in the head
(c) He is hanged by the British as a traitor
(d) He dies of stomach cancer

3. What does Mr. Mesington do for a living?
(a) He works as an auto mechanic
(b) He is an antique dealer
(c) He is a gunsmith
(d) He works in construction

4. What happens to John Byam's "sweet" rifle after he dies?
(a) George Washington praises it in a speech
(b) It is given to another Revolutionary War soldier
(c) It is put into a museum
(d) It is stolen by a woman named Sarah

5. Where does the "sweet" rifle remain from c. 1776 until 1993?
(a) In the personal collection of Tim Harrow
(b) In a carriage in a garage
(c) In a museum
(d) In an attic in a house in Connecticut

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mesinger family do in the early evening of Christmas Eve, 1993?

2. According to the novel, how much pressure does a black powder charge generate?

3. How quickly does Richard Allen Mesinger die after being shot?

4. According to the novel, why were all guns kept loaded prior to 1850?

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

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