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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does MacCumail want sent in?
(a) Corned beef and cabbage.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Chicken wings and cole slaw.
(d) Burgers and beers.

2. What does Martin say about Flynn's threat to blow up the cathedral?
(a) He is bluffing.
(b) He needs to be taken seriously.
(c) He will give an extension of time.
(d) He believes the Fenians will go through with it.

3. What happens to the police spotlight in Book 4, Chapter 17?
(a) It doesn't work becuase of the CS gas.
(b) One of the IRA shoots it out.
(c) It blinds one of the Fenians.
(d) It is pointed at Flynn.

4. What is Brian dressed as in the opening of Book 2?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A banker.
(d) A priest.

5. Who in the rectory has information on Megan?
(a) FBI.
(b) Martin.
(c) CIA.
(d) Schroeder.

6. Who does Martin really want to question?
(a) Brian Flynn.
(b) Father Donnelly.
(c) George Sullivan.
(d) Maureen Malone.

7. What does Maureen decide to do while in hiding at the abbey?
(a) Return to Long Kesh to free Sheila.
(b) Leave the IRA and go to Dublin.
(c) Flee Ireland to England.
(d) Stay with Brian Flynn in the IRA fight.

8. Who does Spiegal think can save the hostages and the cathedral?
(a) MacCumail.
(b) Bellini.
(c) Langley.
(d) Flynn.

9. What does Flynn tell the first police phone call?
(a) There are bombs along the parade route.
(b) The Fenians' demands.
(c) Send in food.
(d) To get someone with rank or the hostages will be killed.

10. What happens to the pistol used to kill the British soldiers?
(a) Sheila throws it out the window of the car.
(b) Sheila takes it to her apartment.
(c) The group leaves it in the ravine.
(d) Liam keeps it with him.

11. How does Schroeder feel about the first negotiation?
(a) He feels good because of the extention of time that was agreed to.
(b) He knows it did not go well.
(c) Nervous about his role as lead negotiator.
(d) Positive, because the demands were made clear.

12. Where are Maureen and Baxter watching the parade from?
(a) The cathedral steps.
(b) A float in the parade.
(c) The lobby of the hotel.
(d) The cathedral bell tower.

13. In Book 4, Chapter 18, what does Eamon Farrell find in the tower?
(a) A letter detailing the plans.
(b) A trap door.
(c) Three machine guns.
(d) A map of the cathedral exits.

14. In Book 3, Chapter 10, who does Maureen think an assassin will try to kill today?
(a) Finn MacCumail.
(b) Burke.
(c) Baxter.
(d) Herself.

15. Because of the message from the confessional, Spiegal tells Bellini to do what?
(a) Wait for the negotiations to reach an agreement.
(b) Storm the cathedral.
(c) Stand down.
(d) Be ready on very short notice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 4, Chapter 33, after Burke talks with Ferguson, what does he do?

2. After receiving a phone call, what does Dan Morgan hang out the window?

3. Where are the people in the reviewing stand taken for safety?

4. In Book 1, what is Maureen Malone doing at the Waldorf Astoria hotel?

5. What kind of food is brought in for the terrorists?

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