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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 is Richard Allen Mesington's best friend?
(a) Tilson
(b) Dennis
(c) Tim Harrow
(d) Cornish McManus

2. What is Tim Harrow doing when he hears about the bloody end of the Waco Siege on 19 April 1993?
(a) Being arrested for public intoxication
(b) Driving through Missouri
(c) Cleaning McManus' "sweet" rifle
(d) Discovering a genetic cure for heart disease

3. What surprises Cornish McManus the most when first he test fires the rifle?
(a) The rifle doesn't make very much noise
(b) The rifle kicks like a mule
(c) Three shots go into the same hole on the target
(d) The rifle doesn't fire

4. For what did sailing ships in the Revolutionary War use black power?
(a) To cook meals
(b) As a fuel in the engine
(c) They didn't use blackpowder onboard sailing ships
(d) To charge their cannon

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Richard Allen Mesington born?

2. What does Harv Kline say after the "sweet" rifle accidentally discharges?

3. John Waynewright spends most of his time studying what aspect of rifle construction?

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

5. Tim Harrow is honorably discharged from which branch of the armed forces?

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