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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 8 - 13).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?
(a) His captors had grown to like him and could not shoot him, so others had to be brought in to do it.
(b) A priest told the Provos not to kill McKee.
(c) He ran away and escaped.
(d) His mother came to ask them to have mercy.

2. In Chapter 7, what childhood friend of Dolours Price's was taken into British custody and tortured?
(a) Francie McGuigan.
(b) Paul McIntyre.
(c) Nuala O'Connell.
(d) John McCafferty.

3. In Chapter 8, how did the Provisional IRA deal with problems in its own ranks?
(a) By threatening members' families.
(b) Through a court-martial process.
(c) By knee-capping members.
(d) By banishing members to the Republic.

4. In Chapter 7, which British General used hard-line tactics in Northern Ireland?
(a) Marcus Staunch.
(b) John Windsor.
(c) Pomfrey Gliddington.
(d) Frank Kitson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where did the Prices live in Belfast?

2. In Chapter 8, what ambitious IRA campaign did Brendan Hughes plan?

3. In Chapter 13, what cover did Brendan Hughes use after escaping from prison to try to evade the authorities?

4. In Chapter 10, who was killed in the laundry van ambush in 1972?

5. In Chapter 11, what did Marian and Dolours do the night before the London bombing in 1973?

(see the answer key)

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