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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Sissy live?
(a) She's killed by a car when she's just a puppy
(b) At least fifteen years
(c) Four years
(d) About six years after Richard Allen Mesington is born

2. How does Richard Allen Mesington get along with Harv Kline?
(a) They like each other as neighbors
(b) They fight about nearly everything
(c) They like to hunt together
(d) They are best friends

3. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?
(a) One turn in thirty-five yards
(b) One turn in six inches
(c) It doesn't twist
(d) One turn in thirty-five inches

4. What color is the barrel for Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle when he is completely finished with it?
(a) A deep blue
(b) He leaves it in the white
(c) A deep plum-brown
(d) Neary black

5. During the Revolutionary war period, rifles that were very accurate were described by what adjective?
(a) Gilt-edged
(b) Perfect
(c) Hot
(d) Sweet

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was curly maple so prized for gun-stocks?

2. What type of wood does Cornish McManus use to make the gun-stock of his "sweet" rifle?

3. When the Mesington family moves away from Willow, Colorado, what state do they move to?

4. According to the novel, how much would the "sweet" rifle be worth if its provenance were known and proved?

5. What does Harv Kline do with the "sweet" rifle?

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