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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 did the prison doctor on the prison ship tell Gerry Adams when he told the doctor it hurt to breathe?
(a) Take this pill.
(b) Stop breathing.
(c) Jump overboard.
(d) Cut your hair.

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

3. In Chapter 6, how was Hughes gravely injured?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was burned.
(c) He cut an artery jumping through a window.
(d) He was stabbed.

4. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?
(a) Ed Moloney.
(b) Anthony McIntyre.
(c) Ian Paisley.
(d) Gerry Adams.

5. In Chapter 8, what was the pseudonym Gerry Adams used?
(a) Joe McGuigan.
(b) Gerry McGuigan.
(c) Mark Meadows.
(d) Brendan McIntyre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what religion was Jean McConville raised in?

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

3. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?

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

5. In Chapter 13, what cover did Brendan Hughes use after escaping from prison to try to evade the authorities?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh prison?

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

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

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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