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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 8, who did Hughes determine shot the IRA man whose shooting he was investigating?

2. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?

3. In Chapter 13, how much money was Brendan Hughes offered by the British authorities to become an informant?

4. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 4, what was the nickname for the so-called Official IRA?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Gerry Adams do for Brendan Hughes that deepens the two mens' bond?

2. In Chapter 9, what happened to the McConville children after their mother Jean disappeared?

3. In Chapter 4, why is Eamonn McCann dismayed when he figures out his friend Dolours Price has joined the Provos?

4. In Chapter 11, why did a British prosecutor suggest was evidence that the Provisional IRA did intend to kill people with its 1973 London bombings?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 9, when did Michael McConville realize his mother was dead?

10. In Chapter 2, how does Keefe describe Patrick Pearse's mentality and motivations during the years leading up to the Easter Rising in 1916?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the events, attitudes, and individual actions that led to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining why the IRA's killings of Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee troubled Brendan Hughes so greatly, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusion.

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