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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what religion was Jean McConville raised in?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Protestant.

2. In Chapter 8, what was the pseudonym Gerry Adams used?
(a) Gerry McGuigan.
(b) Mark Meadows.
(c) Brendan McIntyre.
(d) Joe McGuigan.

3. 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) James Kitry.
(c) Martin Huckerby.
(d) Marshall Michelson.

4. In Chapter 13, how much money was Brendan Hughes offered by the British authorities to become an informant?
(a) 20,000 pounds.
(b) 50,00 pounds.
(c) 500,000 pounds.
(d) 200,000 pounds.

5. In Chapter 4, where did the Prices live in Belfast?
(a) The Falls Road.
(b) Slievegallion Drive.
(c) Divis Flats.
(d) Belfast Road.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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 Provos.
(d) The Realm.

10. In Chapter 8, what was an unlicensed drinking club in Belfast called?
(a) A snug.
(b) A blogger.
(c) A nootch.
(d) A shebeen.

11. In Chapter 4, who saved Dolours Price from having her gun discovered at a British Army checkpoint?
(a) Brendan Hughes.
(b) Her mother Chrissie.
(c) Gerry Adams.
(d) Eamonn McCann.

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 13, what cover did Brendan Hughes use after escaping from prison to try to evade the authorities?
(a) Desk clerk.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Toy salesman.
(d) Chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where did Gerry Adams and others meet with British representatives in the summer of 1972?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 3, where was the first child to lose his life in the Troubles killed?

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

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

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