View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night Jean McConville disappeared, where did she send her daughter Helen on an errand?
(a) To get fish and chips.
(b) To get money from the dole office.
(c) To get bread and milk at the grocery store.
(d) To get her prescription.

2. In Chapter 3, where was the first child to lose his life in the Troubles killed?
(a) Stormont.
(b) Grosvenor Square.
(c) Divis Flats.
(d) Burntollet Bridge.

3. 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) Stop breathing.
(b) Take this pill.
(c) Cut your hair.
(d) Jump overboard.

4. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1960.

5. In Chapter 13, what cover did Brendan Hughes use after escaping from prison to try to evade the authorities?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Desk clerk.
(c) Chef.
(d) Toy salesman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, who was the leader of the team who brought the car bombs to London in March 1973?

3. In Chapter 8, what ambitious IRA campaign did Brendan Hughes plan?

4. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 12, what did Dolours Price wear the day the jury's verdict was handed down in the London bombing case?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what was Dolours Price's role in the plan to bring the Provisional IRA's bombing campaign directly to London?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, what did Dolours ask her Aunt Bridie as a child that adults would have found rude?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 811 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample