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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 20 - 25).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, which hunger striker asked Brendan Hughes not to let him die?
(a) Brian McKenna.
(b) Pat Twomey.
(c) Sean McKenna.
(d) Pat Hawley.

2. In Chapter 22, why did Mackers tell Price to rethink her choice to talk on tape about her role in McConville's disappearance?
(a) She might make herself vulnerable to retaliation by the IRA.
(b) She could be arrested for her confession on tape.
(c) Her children could suffer from the association with her if she confessed to involvement in McConville's disappearance.
(d) She might implicate her sister unintentionally.

3. In Chapter 19, when was Brendan Hughes released from prison?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1990.

4. In Chapter 8, who did Hughes determine shot the IRA man whose shooting he was investigating?
(a) Dolours Price.
(b) Kevin Swift.
(c) Gerry Adams.
(d) Another IRA man named Joe Lynskey.

5. In Chapter 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?
(a) He did not give the decision-makers in the IRA enough notice to plan a public relations campaign related to the hunger strike.
(b) He did not give the prisoners enough advice about how to survive force-feeding.
(c) He did not give the prisoners enough advice on how to resist food.
(d) He did not stagger the start dates of the prisoners, so they all reached the same dire stage of failing health at about the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, where did Marian Price go as soon as she was released from jail in 1980?

2. In Chapter 11, what did Marian and Dolours do the night before the London bombing in 1973?

3. In Chapter 19, which famous poet composed a poem for Dolours Price's children?

4. In Chapter 11, which Times reporter beat the police to one of the cars in London that had been fitted with a bomb?

5. In Chapter 15, what did Gerry Adams believe about Sinn Fein as he was released from prison in 1977?

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