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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?
(a) The MRFs.
(b) The Mathers.
(c) The Unkowns.
(d) The Stickies.

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

5. In Chapter 4, what was the nickname for the so-called Official IRA?
(a) The pacers.
(b) The stickies.
(c) The limes.
(d) The toadies.

6. In Chapter 7, what elite British group operating in Northern Ireland was a remnant of Frank Kitson's colonial philosophies?
(a) The M15.
(b) The Radical Lefties.
(c) The MRF.
(d) The Dark Spies.

7. In Chapter 4, who was known as "Mac the Knife"?
(a) Mac Stiofain.
(b) Stephen McDonough.
(c) Anthony McIntyre.
(d) Brian McIntyre.

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

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

10. 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 the Republic of Ireland.
(d) In Rome.

11. What nickname did the Price sisters eventually come to be known by?
(a) The Romers.
(b) The Beauties.
(c) The Crazy Prices.
(d) The Black Widows.

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

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

14. In Chapter 8, whose shooting did Brendan Hughes have to investigate within the IRA?
(a) John Mulvaney.
(b) Joe Russell.
(c) James Knight.
(d) Mark Rucus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, which of the McConville children was old enough to live on her own but not to take guardianship of the other children?

2. In Chapter 9, why did Granny McConville not want Jean's disappearance reported to authorities?

3. Which of Jean McConville's children accompanied her to the waiting car with the people who abducted her from her flat?

4. In Chapter 11, what did Marian and Dolours do the night before the London bombing in 1973?

5. In Chapter 6, how was Hughes gravely injured?

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