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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. After the attempt to free Sheila, where do Brian and Maureen hide?
(a) In a secret hiding place in the home of an IRA member.
(b) In a nearby forest.
(c) In the crypt under a tomb.
(d) In an old van near the river.

2. Where does Burke meet Martin to try and get information about an upcoming attack?
(a) The hotel.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) A bar.

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 is pointed at Flynn.
(d) It blinds one of the Fenians.

4. How does MacCumail announce that he is in control of the cathedral?
(a) He broadcasts it on the police radio.
(b) He announces it from the bell tower.
(c) A sign on the door.
(d) A black flag from the bell tower.

5. After Maureen leaves the hotel, who does she feel is in the area?
(a) Sheila Malone.
(b) Jack Ferguson.
(c) Brian Flynn.
(d) Sir Harold Baxter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brian dressed as in the opening of Book 2?

2. What do the Fenians do in case they burn down the cathedral?

3. Who fires the first shot to kill the British soldiers?

4. Where do Brian and Maureen go to be safe after the attempt to free Sheila?

5. In Book 3, why do the mass attendees exit the cathedral?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 4, what does Father Murphy do in the confessional?

2. Who are the Fenians and who is their leader?

3. What are MacCumail's demands?

4. What does the slogan "once in, never out" refer to?

5. What happens when members of the IRA try to free Sheila?

6. At the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 21, what happens when Maureen tries to escape?

7. In Book 3, why does Burke think there is a British conspiracy as well as an Irish one?

8. Explain how the situation at the cathedral is political.

9. What are the Fenians' plans for the cathedral?

10. How does Brian get his codename?

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