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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 15, what did Kircubbin become infamous for years after its closing?
(a) Growing superior vegetables for selling at markets.
(b) Physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.
(c) Turning out religious terrorists.
(d) Unsolved murders that happened behind its walled garden.

2. What nickname did the Price sisters eventually come to be known by?
(a) The Black Widows.
(b) The Beauties.
(c) The Crazy Prices.
(d) The Romers.

3. In Chapter 24, when did three thieves break into the Castlereagh complex looking for information on the identities of IRA informants?
(a) Easter Sunday in 2000.
(b) St. Patrick's Day in 2002.
(c) Good Friday in 2010.
(d) Valentine's Day in 2005.

4. In Chapter 23, what did the McConville children think was a defining feature of their mother's clothing?
(a) She always had a needle and thread in her pocket.
(b) She always had a roll of tape in her pocket.
(c) She always wore a nappy pin on her clothes.
(d) She always had spare change in her pocket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what cover did Brendan Hughes use after escaping from prison to try to evade the authorities?

2. How old was Jean McConville when she disappeared?

3. In Chapter 11, what did police think was odd at first about a green Corsair parked near Scotland Yard in March 1973?

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

5. In Chapter 10, what laundry company did the Provos ambush in 1972?

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