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

2. In Chapter 8, who drives Joe Lynskey to his death?
(a) Brendan Hughes.
(b) Marian Price.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Gerry Adams.

3. In Chapter 8, what was the pseudonym Gerry Adams used?
(a) Mark Meadows.
(b) Gerry McGuigan.
(c) Brendan McIntyre.
(d) Joe McGuigan.

4. In Chapter 13, how much money was Brendan Hughes offered by the British authorities to become an informant?
(a) 200,000 pounds.
(b) 50,00 pounds.
(c) 20,000 pounds.
(d) 500,000 pounds.

5. In Chapter 24, what was the nickname of a valuable informant for the British from the IRA?
(a) Stakeknife.
(b) Rocco.
(c) Blackheart.
(d) Mikey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, when did three thieves break into the Castlereagh complex looking for information on the identities of IRA informants?

2. In Chapter 10, which informants did Brendan Hughes promise no harm would come to if they turned on the British for the Provos?

3. In Chapter 8, what was an unlicensed drinking club in Belfast called?

4. In Chapter 14, how did the British government deal with the Price sisters' hunger strike after it had been going on for about two weeks?

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

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