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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 8, what was an unlicensed drinking club in Belfast called?
(a) A shebeen.
(b) A blogger.
(c) A snug.
(d) A nootch.

2. In Chapter 7, what elite British group operating in Northern Ireland was a remnant of Frank Kitson's colonial philosophies?
(a) The MRF.
(b) The M15.
(c) The Dark Spies.
(d) The Radical Lefties.

3. In Chapter 17, who did Dolours Price marry in 1983?
(a) Bill Byson.
(b) Donal Hughes.
(c) Anthony McGinty.
(d) Stephen Rea.

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

5. In Chapter 15, what did the Blanket Protest refer to?
(a) Protests over the lack of blankets to keep people warm in Belfast.
(b) A protest that covered a wide range of topics.
(c) Protests over forced prison labor being used to produce expensive blankets the British sold to tourists in Northern Ireland.
(d) Republican prisoners in British-run jails refusing to wear prison uniforms and instead wrapping themselves in blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what was the nickname of a valuable informant for the British from the IRA?

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

3. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?

4. In Chapter 3, what religion was Jean McConville raised in?

5. In Chapter 23, what was one of the psychological stresses of family members of those who were disappeared that Keefe discusses?

(see the answer key)

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