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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The night Jean McConville disappeared, where did she send her daughter Helen on an errand?
(a) To get bread and milk at the grocery store.
(b) To get money from the dole office.
(c) To get fish and chips.
(d) To get her prescription.

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh?
(a) He wore a prison guard's clothes.
(b) He wore nun's clothes.
(c) He hid inside a mattress and left in a garbage truck.
(d) He had a helicopter come for him in the prison yard.

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

8. In Chapter 8, what ambitious IRA campaign did Brendan Hughes plan?
(a) A bombing campaign in the heart of Belfast that ended up killing 9 people.
(b) Kidnapping the British Prime Minister.
(c) Rounding up the wives of British soldiers and ransoming them.
(d) Bombing British Parliament.

9. In Chapter 8, which high-profile prisoner arrived on the prison ship in Belfast Lough in March 1972?
(a) Anthony McIntyre.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Paul Malone.
(d) Frederick McGinty.

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

11. In Chapter 8, what job did Gerry Adams once hold?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Lawyer.

12. 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 peach evening gown.
(c) A green sweater with a pink ribbon in her hair.
(d) A pencil skirt and paisley rayon top.

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

14. In Chapter 5, what did the McConvilles remember was written in graffiti across the family's door?
(a) Tout.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Brit Lover.
(d) Informant.

15. In Chapter 11, what did Marian and Dolours do the night before the London bombing in 1973?
(a) Went to a fancy dinner.
(b) Went to the theater.
(c) Went to see old friends at a Provo safe house.
(d) Went to the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who was the lawyer for Dolours Price and the other London bombers?

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

3. In Chapter 10, who was killed in the laundry van ambush in 1972?

4. In the early 1970s, what criminal activity did the Provos engage in to raise money?

5. In Chapter 8, how did the Provisional IRA deal with problems in its own ranks?

(see the answer keys)

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