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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, who did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers had called the shots for the Provisional IRA while he was involved with the group?
(a) Gerry Adams.
(b) Joe Lynskey.
(c) Dolours Price.
(d) Pat McClure.

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

3. In Chapter 18, who was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party?
(a) John Hume.
(b) Martin McGuinness.
(c) Alec Reid.
(d) John McGinty.

4. In Chapter 24, which of the McConville children went in first at the morgue to examine the clothing that had been found that authorities suspected might be Jean McConville's?
(a) Archie.
(b) Helen.
(c) Tucker.
(d) Michael.

5. In Chapter 20, which U.S. negotiator helped broker a peace accord in Northern Ireland?
(a) John Kerry.
(b) Samantha Power.
(c) George Mitchell.
(d) Patrick Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, which prison were Marian and Dolours Price kept at at first following the London bombings in 1973?

2. In Chapter 21, who was in the picture on Brendan Hughes's wall with him?

3. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?

4. In Chapter 17, who did Dolours Price marry in 1983?

5. In Chapter 14, how did Dolours's and Marian's parents react to their hunger strike?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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