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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 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?
(a) He did not give the prisoners enough advice on how to resist food.
(b) 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.
(c) He did not give the decision-makers in the IRA enough notice to plan a public relations campaign related to the hunger strike.
(d) He did not give the prisoners enough advice about how to survive force-feeding.

2. In Chapter 28, what new epithet related to the Belfast Project began appearing around Belfast?
(a) Boston College Touts.
(b) Boston College Wrecks.
(c) Boston College Narks.
(d) Boston College Spies.

3. In Chapter 15, which of the McConville children became a master of escape?
(a) Michael McConville.
(b) Tucker McConville.
(c) Edward McConville.
(d) Agnes McConville.

4. In Chapter 23, what was one of the psychological stresses of family members of those who were disappeared that Keefe discusses?
(a) They lived in fear that the same thing might happen to them.
(b) The churches would not allow them to have funerals for their loved ones.
(c) They had no way to file lawsuits against the perpetrators.
(d) They had no bodies to bury and no closure.

5. In Chapter 14, whose funeral did Marian and Dolours petition for compassionate leave from prison in order to attend?
(a) Their friend Brendan Hughes's.
(b) Their mother Chrissie's.
(c) Their father Albert's.
(d) Their Aunt Bridie Dolan's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?

2. In Chapter 27, who did Ed Moloney speak to to try to plead his case to block the subpoenas of the Belfast Project interviews?

3. In Chapter 7, which British General used hard-line tactics in Northern Ireland?

4. In Chapter 4, what was the informal name for the division of the IRA that the Price sisters joined?

5. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?

(see the answer key)

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