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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 23, what did the McConville children think was a defining feature of their mother's clothing?
(a) She always had a needle and thread in her pocket.
(b) She always wore a nappy pin on her clothes.
(c) She always had spare change in her pocket.
(d) She always had a roll of tape in her pocket.

2. In Chapter 15, what did Gerry Adams believe about Sinn Fein as he was released from prison in 1977?
(a) Sinn Fein needed to work more closely with the IRA.
(b) Sinn Fein would be able to accomplish its main goals by having more IRA prisoners in jails on hunger strikes.
(c) Sinn Fein would never win elections without some loyalist support.
(d) Sinn Fein needed to recruit more female candidates.

3. In Chapter 21, who did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers had ultimate control over the Unknowns?
(a) Pat McClure.
(b) Marian Price.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Gerry Adams.

4. In Chapter 15, which hunger striker asked Brendan Hughes not to let him die?
(a) Sean McKenna.
(b) Pat Hawley.
(c) Brian McKenna.
(d) Pat Twomey.

5. In Chapter 15, which of the McConville children became a master of escape?
(a) Tucker McConville.
(b) Agnes McConville.
(c) Edward McConville.
(d) Michael McConville.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, who was the Belfast cop working for the Special Branch of the RUC who recruited many informants?

2. On what day of his hunger strike did Bobby Sands die?

3. In Chapter 20, which journalist was involved in setting up the Belfast Project?

4. In Chapter 20, who broke the IRA's code of silence in 2001?

5. In Chapter 22, what principal did the Belfast Cop and RUC Special Branch member live by in recruiting informants?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what did Ian Paisley insinuate might have been the reason for Dolours Price's release from prison?

2. In Chapter 20, what role did President Bill Clinton play in the peace process in Northern Ireland?

3. In Chapter 22, how did Trevor Campbell recruit some of the IRA informants he recruited over the years?

4. In Chapter 16, who was the first hunger striker in Long Kesh to die and what was unusual about him?

5. In Chapter 20, what does Keefe identify as a paradox in the way the people of Northern Ireland dealt with the sensitive information surrounding The Troubles?

6. In Chapter 14, what were some of Dolours's and Marian's demands that formed the foundation of their reasons for their hunger strike?

7. In Chapter 21, why was Brendan Hughes so upset over the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement?

8. In Chapter 14, why were British leaders so worried about the public perception surrounding the imprisonment of the Price sisters as time went on?

9. In Chapter 16, what did Dolours Price say later in life about her relationship with food and eating?

10. In Chapter 21, what did Mackers find was true of his interviews with many former IRA members?

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