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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 7).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?
(a) The French insurgency.
(b) The Libyan Free Force.
(c) The Scottish police force.
(d) The Free Wales Army.

2. In Chapter 4, what was one of the first jobs Dolours Price did when she joined the IRA?
(a) Ferried food across the border to political prisoners.
(b) Buried shrapnel from bombs in her garden.
(c) Killed someone.
(d) Cleaned bullets with steel wool.

3. In Chapter 2, which aunt of Dolours Price's did she sometimes help look after?
(a) Jean.
(b) Chrissie.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Marian.

4. In Chapter 3, who was Jean McConville married to?
(a) John McConville.
(b) Mark McConville.
(c) Bernard McConville.
(d) Arthur McConville.

5. The night Jean McConville disappeared, where did she send her daughter Helen on an errand?
(a) To get bread and milk at the grocery store.
(b) To get fish and chips.
(c) To get her prescription.
(d) To get money from the dole office.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what unit was Brendan Hughes in charge of for the IRA in the early 1970s?

2. In the early 1970s, what criminal activity did the Provos engage in to raise money?

3. In Chapter 6, how was Hughes gravely injured?

4. What did Jean McConville say to the child who accompanied her to car waiting for her outside her apartment the night she disappeared?

5. In Chapter 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?

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