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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 spare change in her pocket.
(b) She always had a roll of tape in her pocket.
(c) She always wore a nappy pin on her clothes.
(d) She always had a needle and thread in her pocket.

2. In Chapter 14, what was the vernacular for a prison guard?
(a) Narker.
(b) Screw.
(c) Stab.
(d) Wrobler.

3. In Chapter 15, where did Michael McConville wryly joke was his best home?
(a) Lisnevin.
(b) La Salle.
(c) Mount St. Helen's Home.
(d) Kircubbin.

4. In Chapter 14, what artist's painting was stolen from a British museum in a bid to pressure the government to release the Price sisters?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Caravaggio.

5. In Chapter 20, who was the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project?
(a) Ed Moloney.
(b) Ed Gragret.
(c) Anthony McIntyre.
(d) Conor Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, who did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers had ultimate control over the Unknowns?

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

3. In Chapter 20, who was England's Prime Minister when the peace accord was signed in 1998?

4. In Chapter 24, what was the nickname of a valuable informant for the British from the IRA?

5. In Chapter 20, what U.S. higher education institution was the Belfast Project housed at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 20, how does Mackers end up being the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project at Boston College?

4. In Chapter 14, how did the Price sisters' parents, Albert and Chrissie, respond to their daughters' hunger strike?

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 18, what role did Father Alec Reid play in relation to the Provos?

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

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