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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 3, who was Jean McConville married to?

2. Where did Jean McConville live when she was disappeared?

3. In Chapter 11, who was the leader of the team who brought the car bombs to London in March 1973?

4. In Chapter 8, how did the Provisional IRA deal with problems in its own ranks?

5. In Chapter 8, whose shooting did Brendan Hughes have to investigate within the IRA?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what happens in the McConville family that makes Michael McConville think things can not get much worse?

2. In Chapter 8, what tactics and methods did the Provisional IRA employ when they disappeared someone?

3. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh prison?

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 2, how was Dolours influenced by what happened at Burntollet Bridge?

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

8. In Chapter 8, what was the HMP Maidstone's purpose?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Activists like Eamonn McCann and Bernadette Devlin approached the struggle against British authorities in Northern Ireland very differently than figures like Dolours Price and Brendan Hughes did. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the approach those like McCann and Devlin took and the approach Price and Hughes took during The Troubles, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how the British government chose to deal with Irish prisoners on hunger strike during The Troubles, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the most significant reasons behind the split between the so-called "Old IRA," or the "Stickies," and the Provisional IRA, or the "Provos?" Write an essay explaining your answers.

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