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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 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?
(a) A lack of soldiers.
(b) A lack of good intelligence.
(c) A lack of money.
(d) A lack of arms.

2. Where did Jean McConville live when she was disappeared?
(a) Belfast Garden.
(b) Divis Flats.
(c) Grosvenor Square.
(d) The Lightback Road.

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

4. In Chapter 4, what was the nickname for the so-called Official IRA?
(a) The stickies.
(b) The toadies.
(c) The limes.
(d) The pacers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was Brendan Hughes's nickame?

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 11, which Times reporter beat the police to one of the cars in London that had been fitted with a bomb?

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

5. In Chapter 2, where were Dolours Price and other marchers ambushed and beaten by British and loyalist counter-protesters?

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