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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 8, what was an unlicensed drinking club in Belfast called?
(a) A snug.
(b) A nootch.
(c) A blogger.
(d) A shebeen.

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

3. In Chapter 5, what were the names of the McConville family's dogs?
(a) Provo and Sticky.
(b) Mikey and Sticky.
(c) Provo and Eamonn.
(d) Derrick and Provo.

4. What nickname did the Price sisters eventually come to be known by?
(a) The Beauties.
(b) The Black Widows.
(c) The Romers.
(d) The Crazy Prices.

5. In Chapter 4, what was the informal name for the division of the IRA that the Price sisters joined?
(a) The Splinter.
(b) The Realm.
(c) The Provos.
(d) The Knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where was an innocent man killed as a result of the shooting of Joe Russell?

2. In Chapter 7, which British General used hard-line tactics in Northern Ireland?

3. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?

4. In Chapter 8, what was the new prison being built at an airfield outside of Belfast?

5. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, what was the original vision for Divis Flats?

5. In Chapter 8, what tactics and methods did the Provisional IRA employ when they disappeared someone?

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

7. In Chapter 2, how did Arthur Price pass down his allegiance to republicanism to his daughters?

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

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

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

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