Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Patrick Radden Keefe
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Patrick Radden Keefe
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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 2, which aunt of Dolours Price's did she sometimes help look after?
(a) Chrissie.
(b) Jean.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Marian.

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

3. In Chapter 4, what was one of the first jobs Dolours Price did when she joined the IRA?
(a) Killed someone.
(b) Cleaned bullets with steel wool.
(c) Buried shrapnel from bombs in her garden.
(d) Ferried food across the border to political prisoners.

4. In Chapter 8, who did Hughes determine shot the IRA man whose shooting he was investigating?
(a) Gerry Adams.
(b) Kevin Swift.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Another IRA man named Joe Lynskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, which high-profile prisoner arrived on the prison ship in Belfast Lough in March 1972?

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

4. In Chapter 5, what did the McConvilles remember was written in graffiti across the family's door?

5. In Chapter 8, what did Gerry Adams tell Frank Steele he wanted to do one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what were some of the first jobs the Price sisters were given within the IRA?

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

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 2, how was Dolours influenced by what happened at Burntollet Bridge?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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