View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how did Dolours Price react to Gerry Adams' decision to run for parliament at Westminster representing West Belfast?
(a) She supported him and even brought voters to the polls to vote for him.
(b) She told him she would support him if he would publicly admit to his role in the Provisional IRA.
(c) She renounced him and everything he stood for.
(d) She made a point to stay neutral in the election.

2. In Chapter 15, what social club did Gerry Adams' father help to found?
(a) The Cracked Cup Club.
(b) The Gaelic Football Club.
(c) The Republican Club.
(d) The Felons Club.

3. In Chapter 24, what was the nickname of a valuable informant for the British from the IRA?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Blackheart.
(c) Rocco.
(d) Stakeknife.

4. In Chapter 16, what did Dolours Price she was reconsidering in a letter from prison to Fenner Brockway?
(a) The efficacy of violent tactics.
(b) Her decision to end her hunger strike.
(c) Her decision to wear her own clothes instead of a prison uniform.
(d) Her Catholic faith.

5. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?
(a) He insisted he had witnessed her meeting with British soldiers.
(b) He insisted he had seen her in disguise on the streets of Belfast.
(c) He insisted he saw secret messages she had written.
(d) He insisted she had a transmitter in her house used to communicate with British forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, when did Dolours Price's marriage to Stephen Rea end?

2. In Chapter 25, where did Brendan Hughes fly with his brother after leaving prison?

3. In Chapter 19, when was Brendan Hughes released from prison?

4. In Chapter 23, what alibi did Gerry Adams falsely offer that he said absolved him from involvement in McConville's disappearance?

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 23, what was one of the main psychological difficulties for families of the disappeared in Northern Ireland?

2. In Chapter 17, what are some of the difficulties Dolours Price and Stephen Rea encountered in their marriage?

3. In Chapter 20, what shortcoming of the Good Friday Agreement did the Belfast Project seem to correct?

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 15, what tactics did the so-called Blanket Men use in Long Kesh in the 1970s?

9. In Chapter 14, what choice did the British authorities make in order to deal with Dolours' and Marian's hunger strike?

10. In Chapter 21, what was one important factor that soured the relationship between Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,014 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample