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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, what was Divis Flats originally envisioned as?

2. In Chapter 9, why did Granny McConville not want Jean's disappearance reported to authorities?

3. In Chapter 11, which airport was the Provo bombing team arrested at in March 1973 after carrying out the bombing campaign in London?

4. In Chapter 8, what job did Gerry Adams once hold?

5. In Chapter 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 2, how was Dolours influenced by what happened at Burntollet Bridge?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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