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The Rifle Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of rifle is Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?
(a) A flintlock
(b) A snaphaunce
(c) A wheel lock
(d) A matchlock

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

3. Why does the unnamed gun collector buy the "sweet" rifle from an antique shop?
(a) To sell it at a gun show and make some money
(b) He wants to use it to shoot Richard Allen Mesinger
(c) To write a book about its history
(d) To donate it to a museum

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to John Byam's "sweet" rifle after he dies?

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

3. What is the twist rate of the rifling of the barrel of Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle?

4. What material does Cornish McManus use to brown the exterior surface of a barrel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In reading the novel, do you think of the "sweet" Rifle as a character or as an object?

2. Why does it take Cornish McManus so long to build the "sweet" rifle?

3. Describe the initial organization of McRary's Rangers.

4. In reviewing John Byam's actions in the novel, would you consider him a hero?

5. Do you think that John Byam "got his money's worth" out of the "sweet" rifle?

6. Do you think that John Waynewright would have valued Cornish McManus's "sweet" rifle?

7. Why do the British hang Cornish McManus?

8. What types of uses is Cornish McManus' "sweet" rifle put to during the novel?

9. Is the "sweet" rifle evil?

10. The last time he loaded his rifle, John Byam used an extraordinary amount of care during the process. Do you think he always was so careful when loading?

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