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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was Brendan Hughes's nickame?

2. In Chapter 2, how did Dolours Price describe her childhood from her adult perspective?

3. In Chapter 12, who was the lawyer for Dolours Price and the other London bombers?

4. In Chapter 9, what did a man bring to the door of the McConville's flat about a week after Jean disappeared?

5. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what difficulties did Arthur and Jean McConville face because of their backgrounds?

2. In Chapter 10, why did Brendan Hughes feel guilty about the killings of Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee?

3. In Chapter 4, what were some of the first jobs the Price sisters were given within the IRA?

4. In Chapter 13, how did Brendan Hughes evade detection and capture for a time after his escape from prison?

5. In Chapter 12, who and what was involved in one of the IRA's boldest escapes from prison?

6. In Chapter 5, what action does Jean McConville take that causes people to write "Brit Lover" across the family's door?

7. In Chapter 1, how was Archie McConville treated by the men who took his mother Jean away?

8. In Chapter 8, why did the IRA decided to kill Joe Lynskey?

9. In Chapter 2, how did Arthur Price pass down his allegiance to republicanism to his daughters?

10. In Chapter 8, what bombing campaign did Brendan Hughes help to plan in 1972?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the McConville children's feelings about the handling of their mother's abduction and murder both on the part of the British authorities and the IRA, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers. Do the McConvilles feel that they saw justice for what was done to their mother Jean?

Essay Topic 2

What effect did the events of Bloody Sunday in January 1972 have on the Provisional IRA's activities and strategy? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing some of the reasons the Price sisters - Dolours and Marian - received so much media attention after their role in the Provisional IRA's London bombing campaign in 1973, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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