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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 11, who answered the phone at The Times of London to take the tip about the imminent bombings in London?
(a) Elizabeth Curtis.
(b) Nellie Bly.
(c) Megan McCardle.
(d) Sherry Jacobson.

2. In Chapter 8, who drives Joe Lynskey to his death?
(a) Dolours Price.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Marian Price.
(d) Brendan Hughes.

3. In Chapter 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?
(a) A lack of money.
(b) A lack of arms.
(c) A lack of soldiers.
(d) A lack of good intelligence.

4. In Chapter 3, what religion was Jean McConville raised in?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Jewish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, what did Price and the other Provos do the night before setting off their car bombs in London in 1973?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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