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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 24, what was the nickname of a valuable informant for the British from the IRA?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Blackheart.
(c) Rocco.
(d) Stakeknife.

5. In Chapter 15, which hunger striker asked Brendan Hughes not to let him die?
(a) Pat Hawley.
(b) Brian McKenna.
(c) Sean McKenna.
(d) Pat Twomey.

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

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

8. In Chapter 23, what was one of the psychological stresses of family members of those who were disappeared that Keefe discusses?
(a) They had no bodies to bury and no closure.
(b) They had no way to file lawsuits against the perpetrators.
(c) The churches would not allow them to have funerals for their loved ones.
(d) They lived in fear that the same thing might happen to them.

9. In Chapter 23, what alibi did Gerry Adams falsely offer that he said absolved him from involvement in McConville's disappearance?
(a) He was in college at the time.
(b) He was in prison at the time.
(c) He was not involved with the IRA at the time.
(d) He was out of the country at the time.

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

11. In Chapter 21, why did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers he thought Jean McConville's murder had been justified?
(a) Hughes told Mackers that McConville had shot an IRA member.
(b) Hughes told Mackers McConville had been a Protestant married to a Catholic.
(c) Hughes told Mackers McConville had been an informer.
(d) Hughes told Mackers that McConville had vowed to destroy the IRA and the group had no choice but to protect itself.

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

13. In Chapter 15, what did the prison doctor bring to Hughes every morning while Hughes was on hunger strike?
(a) A note from Hughes's mother.
(b) A soft pair of socks.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Spring water.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, when did the IRA declare a cease-fire?

2. In Chapter 20, who was England's Prime Minister when the peace accord was signed in 1998?

3. In Chapter 22, why did Mackers tell Price to rethink her choice to talk on tape about her role in McConville's disappearance?

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

5. 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?

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