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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how did Dolours Price react to Gerry Adams' decision to run for parliament at Westminster representing West Belfast?
(a) She renounced him and everything he stood for.
(b) She told him she would support him if he would publicly admit to his role in the Provisional IRA.
(c) She made a point to stay neutral in the election.
(d) She supported him and even brought voters to the polls to vote for him.

2. In Chapter 21, what did the Good Friday Agreement represent to Brendan Hughes?
(a) Acceptance by the republican movement that the British would remain in Northern Ireland.
(b) The right way to end decades of violence.
(c) The culmination of all his work with the IRA.
(d) The power of the British to overcome a violent insurgency.

3. In Chapter 22, what principal did the Belfast Cop and RUC Special Branch member live by in recruiting informants?
(a) Money is the best motivator.
(b) Everyone is recruitable.
(c) People will turn on their own family members only if they believe in what they are doing.
(d) You need to get people to trust you in order to turn on their friends.

4. In Chapter 18, who was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party?
(a) Martin McGuinness.
(b) Alec Reid.
(c) John McGinty.
(d) John Hume.

5. In Chapter 14, how did the British government deal with the Price sisters' hunger strike after it had been going on for about two weeks?
(a) They force-fed the Price sisters.
(b) They gave the sisters a new trial.
(c) They moved them to a separate place in the prison.
(d) They released the sisters.

6. In Chapter 19, which famous poet composed a poem for Dolours Price's children?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Seamus Heaney.
(c) Marcus Twomey.
(d) Daniel Rattigan.

7. In Chapter 24, which of the McConville children went in first at the morgue to examine the clothing that had been found that authorities suspected might be Jean McConville's?
(a) Tucker.
(b) Michael.
(c) Archie.
(d) Helen.

8. In Chapter 14, how did Dolours's and Marian's parents react to their hunger strike?
(a) They tried to intervene with the British government.
(b) They supported their daughters.
(c) They told their daughters to stop.
(d) They implored their daughters' friends in the IRA to try to get them to stop.

9. In Chapter 14, what was the vernacular for a prison guard?
(a) Screw.
(b) Wrobler.
(c) Narker.
(d) Stab.

10. In Chapter 20, which U.S. president took an interest in the peace process in Northern Ireland?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) George W. Bush.

11. In Chapter 15, which prisoner led the second hunger strike in Long Kesh?
(a) Sean McKenna.
(b) Bobby Sands.
(c) Brendan Hughes.
(d) Gerry Adams.

12. In Chapter 19, when was Brendan Hughes released from prison?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1983.

13. In Chapter 20, who broke the IRA's code of silence in 2001?
(a) Marian Price.
(b) Martin McGuinness.
(c) Gerry Adams.
(d) Brendan Hughes.

14. On what day of his hunger strike did Bobby Sands die?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 66.
(d) 95.

15. In Chapter 17, who did Dolours Price marry in 1983?
(a) Stephen Rea.
(b) Bill Byson.
(c) Anthony McGinty.
(d) Donal Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, where did Michael and Tucker McConville go after being convicted of shoplifting?

2. In Chapter 21, who was in the picture on Brendan Hughes's wall with him?

3. In Chapter 21, what did Ricky O'Rawe tell Mackers about Gerry Adams and the hunger strike in the 1980s?

4. In Chapter 14, whose funeral did Marian and Dolours petition for compassionate leave from prison in order to attend?

5. In Chapter 25, in what year did Brendan Hughes die?

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