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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, how much money was Brendan Hughes offered by the British authorities to become an informant?
(a) 50,00 pounds.
(b) 20,000 pounds.
(c) 500,000 pounds.
(d) 200,000 pounds.

2. In Chapter 4, where did Dolours's father Albert hide out while he was on the run?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In the Republic of Ireland.
(d) In London.

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

4. In Chapter 3, who was Jean McConville married to?
(a) Mark McConville.
(b) Arthur McConville.
(c) John McConville.
(d) Bernard McConville.

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) Killed someone.
(d) Buried shrapnel from bombs in her garden.

6. In Chapter 5, what ancient mode of humiliation were women in Belfast seen consorting with a British soldier subjected to?
(a) Tarring and feathering.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Having urine thrown at them.
(d) Staying in blocks in the town square.

7. In Chapter 7, what unit was Brendan Hughes in charge of for the IRA in the early 1970s?
(a) The Provisional Stockpile.
(b) The Marching Wallaces.
(c) The Post Malones.
(d) The Belfast Brigade's D Company.

8. In Chapter 10, where had Frank Kitson served for the British army before coming to Belfast?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Dublin.
(d) New Dheli.

9. Where did Jean McConville live when she was disappeared?
(a) The Lightback Road.
(b) Divis Flats.
(c) Grosvenor Square.
(d) Belfast Garden.

10. In Chapter 11, who answered the phone at The Times of London to take the tip about the imminent bombings in London?
(a) Nellie Bly.
(b) Megan McCardle.
(c) Elizabeth Curtis.
(d) Sherry Jacobson.

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

12. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?
(a) He ran away and escaped.
(b) A priest told the Provos not to kill McKee.
(c) His captors had grown to like him and could not shoot him, so others had to be brought in to do it.
(d) His mother came to ask them to have mercy.

13. In Chapter 4, where did the Prices live in Belfast?
(a) Belfast Road.
(b) Slievegallion Drive.
(c) The Falls Road.
(d) Divis Flats.

14. In Chapter 12, what did Dolours Price wear the day the jury's verdict was handed down in the London bombing case?
(a) A black velvet dress and beret.
(b) A pencil skirt and paisley rayon top.
(c) A green sweater with a pink ribbon in her hair.
(d) A peach evening gown.

15. In Chapter 3, when did Michael McConville's father die?
(a) March 1970.
(b) July 1965.
(c) January 1972.
(d) April 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, which famous actress offered to help post the London bombers' bail?

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

3. In Chapter 8, where was an innocent man killed as a result of the shooting of Joe Russell?

4. In Chapter 8, what did Gerry Adams tell Frank Steele he wanted to do one day?

5. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?

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