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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 22, who was one of the local IRA leaders who had argued that McConville should not be buried?
(a) Ed Gragret.
(b) John McGinty.
(c) James Cordry.
(d) Ivor Bell.

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

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

4. In Chapter 20, who was England's Prime Minister when the peace accord was signed in 1998?
(a) Tony Blair.
(b) David Cameron.
(c) Margaret Thatcher.
(d) Gordon Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, who was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party?

3. In Chapter 14, how did the British government deal with the Price sisters' hunger strike after it had been going on for about two weeks?

4. In Chapter 24, when did three thieves break into the Castlereagh complex looking for information on the identities of IRA informants?

5. In Chapter 19, which famous poet composed a poem for Dolours Price's children?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. In Chapter 24, what did three thieves break into the police complex at Castlereagh in 2002 looking for?

8. In Chapter 15, what was life like for the McConville children that ended up at Kilcubbin?

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

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

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