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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?
(a) The Unkowns.
(b) The MRFs.
(c) The Mathers.
(d) The Stickies.

2. In Chapter 3, what religion was Jean McConville raised in?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Jewish.

3. Which friend of Dolours Price's led protests but advocated non-violence?
(a) Ed Moloney.
(b) Eamonn McCann.
(c) Gerry Adams.
(d) Anthony McIntyre.

4. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1972.

5. In Chapter 4, who was known as "Mac the Knife"?
(a) Brian McIntyre.
(b) Mac Stiofain.
(c) Anthony McIntyre.
(d) Stephen McDonough.

6. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?
(a) The Scottish police force.
(b) The Libyan Free Force.
(c) The Free Wales Army.
(d) The French insurgency.

7. In Chapter 5, what were the names of the McConville family's dogs?
(a) Provo and Sticky.
(b) Provo and Eamonn.
(c) Derrick and Provo.
(d) Mikey and Sticky.

8. In Chapter 3, where was the first child to lose his life in the Troubles killed?
(a) Divis Flats.
(b) Burntollet Bridge.
(c) Grosvenor Square.
(d) Stormont.

9. In Chapter 11, who was the leader of the team who brought the car bombs to London in March 1973?
(a) Dolours Price.
(b) Brendan Hughes.
(c) Anthony McIntyre.
(d) Michael Dowry.

10. In Chapter 6, how was Hughes gravely injured?
(a) He cut an artery jumping through a window.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was burned.
(d) He was shot.

11. In Chapter 8, what was the new prison being built at an airfield outside of Belfast?
(a) The Maidstone.
(b) Long Kesh.
(c) The Fall Line.
(d) The Roadstone.

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

13. In Chapter 11, which Times reporter beat the police to one of the cars in London that had been fitted with a bomb?
(a) James Kitry.
(b) Marshall Michelson.
(c) Martin Huckerby.
(d) Jed Blotter.

14. In Chapter 12, who was the lawyer for Dolours Price and the other London bombers?
(a) Anthony Mackers.
(b) John Rawlson.
(c) Marlon Jeffries.
(d) Michael Mansfield.

15. 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 embarrassed by Jean's allegiance to the Provos.
(c) She was afraid of the repercussions in the community.
(d) She knew for certain Jean was already dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what was the name of the prison ship the British used to house political prisoners?

2. In Chapter 10, which informants did Brendan Hughes promise no harm would come to if they turned on the British for the Provos?

3. In Chapter 7, which British General used hard-line tactics in Northern Ireland?

4. In Chapter 2, which aunt of Dolours Price's did she sometimes help look after?

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

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