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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 20 - 25).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what principal did the Belfast Cop and RUC Special Branch member live by in recruiting informants?
(a) People will turn on their own family members only if they believe in what they are doing.
(b) Money is the best motivator.
(c) Everyone is recruitable.
(d) You need to get people to trust you in order to turn on their friends.

2. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?
(a) The Unkowns.
(b) The Stickies.
(c) The Mathers.
(d) The MRFs.

3. In Chapter 21, what did the Good Friday Agreement represent to Brendan Hughes?
(a) Acceptance by the republican movement that the British would remain in Northern Ireland.
(b) The power of the British to overcome a violent insurgency.
(c) The right way to end decades of violence.
(d) The culmination of all his work with the IRA.

4. In Chapter 18, which group engineered the shooting of Gerry Adams?
(a) The Royal Ulster Constabulary.
(b) The Ulster Freedom Fighters.
(c) The Provisional IRA.
(d) The Official IRA.

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

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 7, what childhood friend of Dolours Price's was taken into British custody and tortured?

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

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

5. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?

(see the answer key)

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