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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?
(a) Ian Paisley.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Anthony McIntyre.
(d) Ed Moloney.

2. In Chapter 8, what did the prison doctor on the prison ship tell Gerry Adams when he told the doctor it hurt to breathe?
(a) Cut your hair.
(b) Take this pill.
(c) Stop breathing.
(d) Jump overboard.

3. In Chapter 10, who was killed in the laundry van ambush in 1972?
(a) Sarah Kittry.
(b) Markie Malone.
(c) Ted Stuart.
(d) Marshall Mathers.

4. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?
(a) The Stickies.
(b) The Mathers.
(c) The Unkowns.
(d) The MRFs.

5. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?
(a) The Libyan Free Force.
(b) The Scottish police force.
(c) The French insurgency.
(d) The Free Wales Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?

2. In Chapter 8, what job did Gerry Adams once hold?

3. In Chapter 10, what laundry company did the Provos ambush in 1972?

4. In Chapter 4, who was known as "Mac the Knife"?

5. In Chapter 9, what did a man bring to the door of the McConville's flat about a week after Jean disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what happens in the McConville family that makes Michael McConville think things can not get much worse?

2. In Chapter 9, when did Michael McConville realize his mother was dead?

3. In Chapter 8, why did the IRA decided to kill Joe Lynskey?

4. In Chapter 12, how did Dolours and Marian Price react to their conviction in court in London in 1973?

5. In Chapter 2, what difficulties did Arthur and Jean McConville face because of their backgrounds?

6. In Chapter 10, why did Brendan Hughes feel guilty about the killings of Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee?

7. In Chapter 1, how was Archie McConville treated by the men who took his mother Jean away?

8. In Chapter 6, what does Gerry Adams do for Brendan Hughes that deepens the two mens' bond?

9. In Chapter 2, how does Keefe describe Patrick Pearse's mentality and motivations during the years leading up to the Easter Rising in 1916?

10. In Chapter 12, who and what was involved in one of the IRA's boldest escapes from prison?

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