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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, who was one of the local IRA leaders who had argued that McConville should not be buried?
(a) James Cordry.
(b) Ivor Bell.
(c) Ed Gragret.
(d) John McGinty.

2. In Chapter 22, why did Mackers tell Price to rethink her choice to talk on tape about her role in McConville's disappearance?
(a) She could be arrested for her confession on tape.
(b) She might make herself vulnerable to retaliation by the IRA.
(c) Her children could suffer from the association with her if she confessed to involvement in McConville's disappearance.
(d) She might implicate her sister unintentionally.

3. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?
(a) He insisted he had seen her in disguise on the streets of Belfast.
(b) He insisted he saw secret messages she had written.
(c) He insisted he had witnessed her meeting with British soldiers.
(d) He insisted she had a transmitter in her house used to communicate with British forces.

4. In Chapter 15, what did Gerry Adams believe about Sinn Fein as he was released from prison in 1977?
(a) Sinn Fein needed to work more closely with the IRA.
(b) Sinn Fein would never win elections without some loyalist support.
(c) Sinn Fein needed to recruit more female candidates.
(d) Sinn Fein would be able to accomplish its main goals by having more IRA prisoners in jails on hunger strikes.

5. In Chapter 14, what artist's painting was stolen from a British museum in a bid to pressure the government to release the Price sisters?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Rembrandt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, which famous actress offered to help post the London bombers' bail?

3. In Chapter 25, where did Brendan Hughes fly with his brother after leaving prison?

4. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh?

5. In Chapter 3, where was the first child to lose his life in the Troubles killed?

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