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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) Ed Moloney.
(d) Anthony McIntyre.

2. In Chapter 5, what ancient mode of humiliation were women in Belfast seen consorting with a British soldier subjected to?
(a) Stoning.
(b) Tarring and feathering.
(c) Staying in blocks in the town square.
(d) Having urine thrown at them.

3. What did Jean McConville say to the child who accompanied her to car waiting for her outside her apartment the night she disappeared?
(a) Call your father.
(b) Tell Helen to give the children dinner.
(c) Watch the children until I come back.
(d) Call your grandmother.

4. In Chapter 11, how many deaths were associated with the March 1973 bombing in London?
(a) Ten.
(b) One - a heart attack a man suffered in the aftermath of the bombing.
(c) Zero.
(d) Twenty.

5. In Chapter 3, what was Divis Flats originally envisioned as?
(a) Part of a "slum clearance" program.
(b) A church.
(c) A place where the British could keep an eye on radicals.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where did Dolours's father Albert hide out while he was on the run?

2. In Chapter 11, which Times reporter beat the police to one of the cars in London that had been fitted with a bomb?

3. In Chapter 7, what childhood friend of Dolours Price's was taken into British custody and tortured?

4. In Chapter 10, which division of the Provos was often tasked with killing other members of the IRA?

5. In Chapter 10, where had Frank Kitson served for the British army before coming to Belfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why is Eamonn McCann dismayed when he figures out his friend Dolours Price has joined the Provos?

2. In Chapter 9, what happened to the McConville children after their mother Jean disappeared?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 13, how did Brendan Hughes evade detection and capture for a time after his escape from prison?

7. In Chapter 11, why did a British prosecutor suggest was evidence that the Provisional IRA did intend to kill people with its 1973 London bombings?

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

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

10. In Chapter 8, what bombing campaign did Brendan Hughes help to plan in 1972?

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