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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 4, who was the young Palestinian woman garnering attention for hijacking a plane?
(a) Maz Johoni.
(b) Leland Rona.
(c) Moana Ricci.
(d) Leila Khaled.

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

10. In Chapter 2, how did Dolours Price describe her childhood from her adult perspective?
(a) An indoctrination.
(b) A loving and peaceful environment.
(c) A strictly religious upbringing.
(d) A horror show.

11. 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) Rounding up the wives of British soldiers and ransoming them.
(c) Bombing British Parliament.
(d) Kidnapping the British Prime Minister.

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

13. In Chapter 8, how did the Provisional IRA deal with problems in its own ranks?
(a) By banishing members to the Republic.
(b) By knee-capping members.
(c) By threatening members' families.
(d) Through a court-martial process.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what were the names of the McConville family's dogs?

2. In Chapter 8, what was the new prison being built at an airfield outside of Belfast?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?

5. In Chapter 11, who answered the phone at The Times of London to take the tip about the imminent bombings in London?

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