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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 21, which of the following did Brendan Hughes struggle with in the early 2000s?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) Alcohol addiction.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Problems in his relationships with his children.

2. In Chapter 15, which prisoner led the second hunger strike in Long Kesh?
(a) Sean McKenna.
(b) Brendan Hughes.
(c) Gerry Adams.
(d) Bobby Sands.

3. In Chapter 16, how did Dolours react to Marian's release from prison while she remained to serve her sentence?
(a) She was more determined than ever to secure her own release through another hunger strike.
(b) She was grateful that the IRA leadership had secured Marian's release but angry that she herself was still in prison.
(c) She was happy Marian was released but felt a deep sense of loss at losing her sister's companionship.
(d) She was furious at Marian for accepting her release.

4. In Chapter 16, where did Marian Price go as soon as she was released from jail in 1980?
(a) Home to her parents' house.
(b) To a convent.
(c) To Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
(d) To America.

5. In Chapter 24, who offered Brendan Hughes an apartment when he got out of prison?
(a) Dolours Price.
(b) Joe Fenton.
(c) Joe Lynskey.
(d) Marian Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, who was one of Mackers's closest friends from the IRA?

2. In Chapter 18, which priest sometimes acted as a messenger for the IRA, while not condoning the group's violent activities?

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

4. In Chapter 20, what did the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project use to record his interviews?

5. In Chapter 17, where did Dolours Price decide she wanted to live once she was released from prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 14, what was one of Dolours's primary worries as she and Marian grew more ill on their hunger strike?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 23, what jarring situation did Michael McConville, one of Jean's sons, find himself in as an adult one day regarding his mother's abduction?

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

10. In Chapter 21, what stunning revelation does Ricky O'Rawe make to Mackers about Adams' part in directing the hunger strike in Long Kesh in the 1980s?

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