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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what did police think was odd at first about a green Corsair parked near Scotland Yard in March 1973?
(a) It had no seat belts.
(b) It had no driver.
(c) It had no tax disc and the license plate dates did not match the make of the car's model.
(d) It was very badly scratched.

2. In Chapter 11, how many deaths were associated with the March 1973 bombing in London?
(a) Zero.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One - a heart attack a man suffered in the aftermath of the bombing.

3. In Chapter 10, who was killed in the laundry van ambush in 1972?
(a) Ted Stuart.
(b) Marshall Mathers.
(c) Markie Malone.
(d) Sarah Kittry.

4. In Chapter 8, what did Gerry Adams tell Frank Steele he wanted to do one day?
(a) Earn a college degree.
(b) Go back to bartending.
(c) Run for Prime Minister.
(d) Blow up Parliament.

5. In Chapter 12, which famous actress offered to help post the London bombers' bail?
(a) Marian Richardson.
(b) Della Ray.
(c) Celia Chetsky.
(d) Vanessa Redgrave.

6. How old was Jean McConville when she disappeared?
(a) 38.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

7. In Chapter 8, who drives Joe Lynskey to his death?
(a) Gerry Adams.
(b) Dolours Price.
(c) Marian Price.
(d) Brendan Hughes.

8. In Chapter 8, who did Hughes determine shot the IRA man whose shooting he was investigating?
(a) Dolours Price.
(b) Kevin Swift.
(c) Another IRA man named Joe Lynskey.
(d) Gerry Adams.

9. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?
(a) Gerry Adams.
(b) Anthony McIntyre.
(c) Ed Moloney.
(d) Ian Paisley.

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

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

12. In Chapter 2, which aunt of Dolours Price's did she sometimes help look after?
(a) Marian.
(b) Chrissie.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Jean.

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

14. In Chapter 10, what laundry company did the Provos ambush in 1972?
(a) Four Square Laundry.
(b) The Clean Machine.
(c) Shining Star.
(d) The Basket.

15. In Chapter 11, what name did Dolours Price use when she traveled to London in 1973?
(a) Gilly Frank.
(b) Gemma Roman.
(c) Una Devlin.
(d) Marian Richardson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, which Times reporter beat the police to one of the cars in London that had been fitted with a bomb?

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

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

4. In Chapter 4, who was known as "Mac the Knife"?

5. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?

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