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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 26 - 30).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, which of the following did Brendan Hughes struggle with in the early 2000s?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Problems in his relationships with his children.
(d) Alcohol addiction.

3. In Chapter 4, what was the informal name for the division of the IRA that the Price sisters joined?
(a) The Realm.
(b) The Provos.
(c) The Splinter.
(d) The Knife.

4. In Chapter 20, which journalist was involved in setting up the Belfast Project?
(a) Ed Gragret.
(b) Ed Moloney.
(c) Michael McGinty.
(d) Conor Paul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, who did Dolours Price say was with her when she picked Jean McConville up from a house in West Belfast?

2. In Chapter 28, what new epithet related to the Belfast Project began appearing around Belfast?

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

4. In Chapter 3, what was Divis Flats originally envisioned as?

5. In Chapter 15, which of the McConville children became a master of escape?

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