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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. When Flynn offers to let Maureen go in Book 4, Chapter 50, what does she do?
(a) Refuses to go without him.
(b) Leaves the cathedral with Flynn.
(c) Brings the hostages along.
(d) Quietly escapes.

2. Who does Spiegel set up to be the hero?
(a) Schroeder.
(b) Burke.
(c) Martin.
(d) Flynn.

3. When the cathedral is secured by the police, what does Burke tell Schroeder to do?
(a) Confess what he did.
(b) Get out of town as fast as possible.
(c) Go and see his daughter.
(d) Keep quiet.

4. What does Martin have that allows him to leave the country?
(a) Contacts high up in the government.
(b) Information about the Fenians.
(c) A bribe to the chief of police.
(d) Diplomatic immunity.

5. During the press conference after the police attack, who does the Mayor portray as heroes?
(a) Schroder and Bellini.
(b) Martin and Leary.
(c) Flynn and Maureen.
(d) Burke and O'Neil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main concern of Roberta Spiegel?

2. Where does the attack by the police begin?

3. Where is Maureen taken at the end of the book?

4. What is the Cardinal doing after the police invasion?

5. Where does Martin have a flight booked to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the arrangements Spiegel sets up for after the police attack?

2. Describe the relationship between Maureen and Brian after the attack by the police.

3. In Book 5, why doesn't the bomb go off as planned?

4. Describe the conflict between Hickey and Flynn at the end of Book 4, Chapter 55.

5. Describe the preparations the Fenians do with the lights just before the attack by the police.

6. In the end, how does Burke become just like one of the politicians?

7. At the end of Book 4, Chapter 40, what new information does Jack Ferguson give Burke?

8. What story does the Mayor tell during the press conference?

9. When it is evident the police are going to storm the cathedral, if you were Flynn, would you move forward and stand strong or give in on your demands? Why?

10. After Maureen is put in the car to be taken to a hospital, what do you think will happen to her next?

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