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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, where did Dolours Price decide she wanted to live once she was released from prison?
(a) Rome.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) New York.

2. In Chapter 21, what did Ricky O'Rawe tell Mackers about Gerry Adams and the hunger strike in the 1980s?
(a) Adams had wanted to participate in the hunger strike himself but the IRA leadership had forbidden it.
(b) Adams had told the hunger strikers in the 1980s to stop their strike, but they had refused.
(c) Adams had wanted the Price sisters to resume their hunger strike because he thought they would get more attention because they were women.
(d) Adams ordered the hunger strikers not to take a deal offered by the British, resulting in the deaths of all the hunger strikers.

3. In Chapter 14, whose funeral did Marian and Dolours petition for compassionate leave from prison in order to attend?
(a) Their father Albert's.
(b) Their mother Chrissie's.
(c) Their Aunt Bridie Dolan's.
(d) Their friend Brendan Hughes's.

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

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

6. In Chapter 15, what did the Blanket Protest refer to?
(a) Protests over the lack of blankets to keep people warm in Belfast.
(b) Protests over forced prison labor being used to produce expensive blankets the British sold to tourists in Northern Ireland.
(c) A protest that covered a wide range of topics.
(d) Republican prisoners in British-run jails refusing to wear prison uniforms and instead wrapping themselves in blankets.

7. In Chapter 15, what did Kircubbin become infamous for years after its closing?
(a) Unsolved murders that happened behind its walled garden.
(b) Growing superior vegetables for selling at markets.
(c) Physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.
(d) Turning out religious terrorists.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 15, which of the McConville children became a master of escape?
(a) Agnes McConville.
(b) Edward McConville.
(c) Michael McConville.
(d) Tucker McConville.

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

13. In Chapter 16, where did Marian Price go as soon as she was released from jail in 1980?
(a) Home to her parents' house.
(b) To a convent.
(c) To America.
(d) To Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

14. In Chapter 20, what U.S. higher education institution was the Belfast Project housed at?
(a) Tufts University.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Boston College.
(d) Northwestern University.

15. In Chapter 24, where was Jean McConville's body found?
(a) Sandymount Strand.
(b) Dundalk.
(c) Carlingford Beach.
(d) Dollymount Strand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how did Dolours's and Marian's parents react to their hunger strike?

2. In Chapter 14, who died on a hunger strike at a different prison while Dolours and Marian were undertaking their own hunger strike?

3. In Chapter 22, who was the Belfast cop working for the Special Branch of the RUC who recruited many informants?

4. In Chapter 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?

5. In Chapter 14, what was the vernacular for a prison guard?

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