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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 the Prices live in Belfast?
(a) Slievegallion Drive.
(b) Divis Flats.
(c) Belfast Road.
(d) The Falls Road.

2. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?
(a) His captors had grown to like him and could not shoot him, so others had to be brought in to do it.
(b) He ran away and escaped.
(c) A priest told the Provos not to kill McKee.
(d) His mother came to ask them to have mercy.

3. In Chapter 11, how many deaths were associated with the March 1973 bombing in London?
(a) Zero.
(b) One - a heart attack a man suffered in the aftermath of the bombing.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

4. In Chapter 8, where was an innocent man killed as a result of the shooting of Joe Russell?
(a) The Bogside Bar.
(b) The Morgue Bar.
(c) The Cracked Cup.
(d) The Coffin Bar.

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

6. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?
(a) Michael Moore.
(b) Ian Paisley.
(c) Alec Parson.
(d) Mark Fuddrone.

7. In Chapter 6, what was Brendan Hughes's nickame?
(a) Hose.
(b) Manager.
(c) Dark.
(d) Silencer.

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

9. In Chapter 8, what did the prison doctor on the prison ship tell Gerry Adams when he told the doctor it hurt to breathe?
(a) Stop breathing.
(b) Jump overboard.
(c) Cut your hair.
(d) Take this pill.

10. In Chapter 11, which airport was the Provo bombing team arrested at in March 1973 after carrying out the bombing campaign in London?
(a) Gilead.
(b) Stansted.
(c) Greenwich.
(d) Heathrow.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who was the leader of the team who brought the car bombs to London in March 1973?

2. In Chapter 5, what ancient mode of humiliation were women in Belfast seen consorting with a British soldier subjected to?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what did the McConvilles remember was written in graffiti across the family's door?

5. In Chapter 8, what did Gerry Adams tell Frank Steele he wanted to do one day?

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