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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 9, why did Granny McConville not want Jean's disappearance reported to authorities?
(a) She was sure Jean would come back.
(b) She was afraid of the repercussions in the community.
(c) She knew for certain Jean was already dead.
(d) She was embarrassed by Jean's allegiance to the Provos.

2. In Chapter 16, how did Dolours react to Marian's release from prison while she remained to serve her sentence?
(a) She was furious at Marian for accepting her release.
(b) She was more determined than ever to secure her own release through another hunger strike.
(c) She was grateful that the IRA leadership had secured Marian's release but angry that she herself was still in prison.
(d) She was happy Marian was released but felt a deep sense of loss at losing her sister's companionship.

3. In Chapter 4, who saved Dolours Price from having her gun discovered at a British Army checkpoint?
(a) Gerry Adams.
(b) Brendan Hughes.
(c) Her mother Chrissie.
(d) Eamonn McCann.

4. In Chapter 21, how had Sean McKenna reacted to Brendan Hughes when McKenna ran into Hughes in Dundalk?
(a) McKenna was grateful that Hughes had called off the hunger strike and had saved his life.
(b) McKenna was angry at Hughes and told Hughes he should have just let McKenna die on the hunger strike.
(c) McKenna was suspicious that Hughes might try to re-enlist him in the IRA's activities.
(d) McKenna was sad that so many of their mutual friends had died during the hunger strike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, which U.S. president took an interest in the peace process in Northern Ireland?

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

3. In Chapter 8, what was the new prison being built at an airfield outside of Belfast?

4. In Chapter 4, where did Dolours's father Albert hide out while he was on the run?

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

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