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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what did Dolours Price she was reconsidering in a letter from prison to Fenner Brockway?
(a) Her Catholic faith.
(b) Her decision to wear her own clothes instead of a prison uniform.
(c) Her decision to end her hunger strike.
(d) The efficacy of violent tactics.

2. 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) Archie.
(b) Michael.
(c) Tucker.
(d) Helen.

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

4. In Chapter 25, where did Brendan Hughes fly with his brother after leaving prison?
(a) Russia.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

5. In Chapter 19, when did the IRA declare a cease-fire?
(a) May 1988.
(b) July 1992.
(c) August 1994.
(d) December 1989.

6. In Chapter 24, who offered Brendan Hughes an apartment when he got out of prison?
(a) Joe Lynskey.
(b) Joe Fenton.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Marian Price.

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

8. In Chapter 15, where did Michael McConville wryly joke was his best home?
(a) La Salle.
(b) Lisnevin.
(c) Kircubbin.
(d) Mount St. Helen's Home.

9. In Chapter 24, when did three thieves break into the Castlereagh complex looking for information on the identities of IRA informants?
(a) Easter Sunday in 2000.
(b) St. Patrick's Day in 2002.
(c) Good Friday in 2010.
(d) Valentine's Day in 2005.

10. In Chapter 15, where did Michael and Tucker McConville go after being convicted of shoplifting?
(a) The Magdalene Laundry.
(b) The Mount St. Helen's Home For Boys.
(c) La Salle Boys' Home.
(d) The Christian Brother's Orphanage.

11. In Chapter 23, what did the McConville children think was a defining feature of their mother's clothing?
(a) She always had a roll of tape in her pocket.
(b) She always had a needle and thread in her pocket.
(c) She always wore a nappy pin on her clothes.
(d) She always had spare change in her pocket.

12. In Chapter 15, when did Margaret Thatcher become British Prime Minister?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1983.

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

14. In Chapter 23, where did the McConvilles gather on the basis of a tip from the IRA on where their mother Jean might be buried?
(a) Dundalk lake.
(b) Glendalough.
(c) Cobh in Cork.
(d) Cooley Peninsula.

15. In Chapter 22, when did Dolours Price's marriage to Stephen Rea end?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 24, who was the British Prime Minister in 2012?

2. In Chapter 20, which U.S. president took an interest in the peace process in Northern Ireland?

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

4. On what day of his hunger strike did Bobby Sands die?

5. In Chapter 20, who broke the IRA's code of silence in 2001?

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