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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 26 - 30).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what was one reason that Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams were no longer friends?
(a) Adams had publicly blamed Hughes for the deaths that had happened on the hunger strike in the 1980s.
(b) Adams had given the British information that had led to Hughes's arrest.
(c) Adams kept publicly denying his involvement with and membership in the IRA.
(d) Adams had written a book that was critical of Hughes.

2. In Chapter 8, what ambitious IRA campaign did Brendan Hughes plan?
(a) Rounding up the wives of British soldiers and ransoming them.
(b) A bombing campaign in the heart of Belfast that ended up killing 9 people.
(c) Kidnapping the British Prime Minister.
(d) Bombing British Parliament.

3. In Chapter 24, who offered Brendan Hughes an apartment when he got out of prison?
(a) Marian Price.
(b) Dolours Price.
(c) Joe Fenton.
(d) Joe Lynskey.

4. In Chapter 15, where did Michael McConville wryly joke was his best home?
(a) Kircubbin.
(b) Mount St. Helen's Home.
(c) Lisnevin.
(d) La Salle.

5. In Chapter 14, which Irish republican poet and politician undertook a hunger strike in 1920 while being held in prison in England?
(a) Mark Pearse.
(b) Seamus Higgins.
(c) John Toney.
(d) Terrence MacSwiney.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where did Michael and Tucker McConville go after being convicted of shoplifting?

2. In Chapter 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?

3. In Chapter 22, who was one of the British's most prized informants within the IRA?

4. In Chapter 26, what did the police ombudsman find in her investigation into Jean McConville's disappearance?

5. In Chapter 14, what was the vernacular for a prison guard?

(see the answer key)

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