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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?
(a) He did not stagger the start dates of the prisoners, so they all reached the same dire stage of failing health at about the same time.
(b) He did not give the decision-makers in the IRA enough notice to plan a public relations campaign related to the hunger strike.
(c) He did not give the prisoners enough advice about how to survive force-feeding.
(d) He did not give the prisoners enough advice on how to resist food.

2. In Chapter 25, in what year did Brendan Hughes die?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2000.

3. In Chapter 14, what happened to Marian and Dolours as soon as the force-feedings stopped?
(a) They were elected to Parliament.
(b) They were released from prison.
(c) They went into comas.
(d) They each lost about one pound per day.

4. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?
(a) He insisted she had a transmitter in her house used to communicate with British forces.
(b) He insisted he had seen her in disguise on the streets of Belfast.
(c) He insisted he saw secret messages she had written.
(d) He insisted he had witnessed her meeting with British soldiers.

5. In Chapter 14, which prison were Marian and Dolours Price kept at at first following the London bombings in 1973?
(a) Brixton.
(b) Armagh.
(c) Long Kesh.
(d) The HMS Maidstone.

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

7. In Chapter 14, which Irish republican poet and politician undertook a hunger strike in 1920 while being held in prison in England?
(a) Seamus Higgins.
(b) Terrence MacSwiney.
(c) Mark Pearse.
(d) John Toney.

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

9. In Chapter 20, which journalist was involved in setting up the Belfast Project?
(a) Ed Moloney.
(b) Conor Paul.
(c) Michael McGinty.
(d) Ed Gragret.

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

11. In Chapter 21, which of the following did Brendan Hughes struggle with in the early 2000s?
(a) Problems in his relationships with his children.
(b) Alcohol addiction.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Blindness.

12. In Chapter 15, what social club did Gerry Adams' father help to found?
(a) The Gaelic Football Club.
(b) The Republican Club.
(c) The Cracked Cup Club.
(d) The Felons Club.

13. In Chapter 21, who did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers had ultimate control over the Unknowns?
(a) Pat McClure.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Marian Price.

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

15. 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 moved them to a separate place in the prison.
(c) They released the sisters.
(d) They gave the sisters a new trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, who did Brendan Hughes travel to New York to meet?

2. In Chapter 20, which U.S. negotiator helped broker a peace accord in Northern Ireland?

3. In Chapter 17, where did Dolours Price decide she wanted to live once she was released from prison?

4. In Chapter 18, who was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party?

5. In Chapter 21, how had Sean McKenna reacted to Brendan Hughes when McKenna ran into Hughes in Dundalk?

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