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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 tax disc and the license plate dates did not match the make of the car's model.
(b) It had no driver.
(c) It had no seat belts.
(d) It was very badly scratched.

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

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

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

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

9. In the early 1970s, what criminal activity did the Provos engage in to raise money?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) Bank robbing.
(c) Selling bootlegged alcohol.
(d) Selling flags.

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

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

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

13. In Chapter 10, which informants did Brendan Hughes promise no harm would come to if they turned on the British for the Provos?
(a) Johnathan Darling and Paul Moloney.
(b) Ricky O'Rourke and George Shaw.
(c) Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee.
(d) Arie McIntyre and Armie Blight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of Dolours Price's led protests but advocated non-violence?

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

3. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?

4. In Chapter 8, who drives Joe Lynskey to his death?

5. In Chapter 4, what was the nickname for the so-called Official IRA?

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