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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, what was the nickname for the so-called Official IRA?
(a) The stickies.
(b) The limes.
(c) The toadies.
(d) The pacers.

2. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1980.

3. In Chapter 3, when did Michael McConville's father die?
(a) March 1970.
(b) April 1968.
(c) July 1965.
(d) January 1972.

4. 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) Cleaned bullets with steel wool.
(d) Killed someone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, which aunt of Dolours Price's did she sometimes help look after?

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

3. In Chapter 4, who was the young Palestinian woman garnering attention for hijacking a plane?

4. In Chapter 3, what was Divis Flats originally envisioned as?

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

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