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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shot is Cornish McManus?
(a) McManus never shoots a gun in the novel
(b) McManus is a crack shot
(c) McManus is a bad shot
(d) McManus is an average shot

2. How much does John Byam pay Cornish McManus in exchange for the "sweet" rifle?
(a) Two hundred guineas
(b) Two thousand dollars
(c) Six hundredweight of flour
(d) A year's worth of cured hides

3. Tim Harrow's vest has all of the following slogans except?
(a) Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
(b) If guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.
(c) Register criminals, not guns.
(d) I'll give up my guns when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.

4. What do the colonials call Americans who do not want to gain independence from British rule?
(a) Boers
(b) Loyalists
(c) Scabs
(d) Georgites

5. After his apprenticeship is complete, Cornish McManus is referred to as what?
(a) Master gunsmith
(b) Apprentice gunsmith
(c) Rifle gunsmith
(d) Journeyman gunsmith

6. When the "sweet" rifle is first sold in 1993 as "just a piece of junk" (p. 52) how much does it sell for?
(a) Two thousand dollars
(b) Twenty-five dollars
(c) It's not sold but traded for a painting of Elvis Presley
(d) Twenty-five cents

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

8. Cornish McManus establishes a gunsmith shop near what major city?
(a) Willow
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) New York

9. What does Tim Harrow call knives?
(a) Pig stickers
(b) Edged weapons
(c) Shivs
(d) My precious knives

10. Who first buys the "sweet" rifle from Cornish McManus?
(a) Harv Kline
(b) John Byam
(c) Richard Allen Mesinger
(d) Tim Harrow

11. According to the novel, what is the curve of a bullet's nose called?
(a) Sugar loaf
(b) The secant ogive
(c) The snout
(d) Hollow point

12. What is the name of the part of a flintlock rifle that holds the priming charge?
(a) The patch box
(b) The pan
(c) The hammer
(d) The bolster

13. What is the name of the hand tool that Cornish McManus used to cut the barrel channel into the stock of his "sweet" rifle?
(a) A bore punch
(b) A burr
(c) A rifling saw
(d) A mold

14. When Cornish McManus test fires his rifle for accuracy, from what range does he choose to shoot?
(a) Thirty long steps
(b) One hundred yards
(c) One thousand long steps
(d) One hundred paces

15. What function does the tang perform on the rifle that Cornish McManus built?
(a) It's used in sighting the rifle
(b) It helps holds the barrel to the stock
(c) It holds the bayonet
(d) It holds the hammer to the lock

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Tim Harrow tell Harv Kline the "sweet" rifle is worth?

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

3. What is Tim Harrow doing when he hears about the bloody end of the Waco Siege on 19 April 1993?

4. Why does Cornish McManus choose a small caliber for his "sweet" rifle?

5. How much powder does Cornish McManus use when he shoots his "sweet" rifle?

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