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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, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?

2. In Chapter 5, what were the names of the McConville family's dogs?

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

4. In Chapter 11, what name did Dolours Price use when she traveled to London in 1973?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 3, what was the original vision for Divis Flats?

8. In Chapter 12, how did Dolours and Marian Price react to their conviction in court in London in 1973?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, Keefe describes some of the hardships Jean McConville and her family faced because of Jean's background - namely, that she was born a Protestant and had converted to Catholicism upon marrying her Catholic husband, Arthur. Write an essay analyzing how some of the pragmatic and daily difficulties Jean faced because of her background contributed to her lifelong struggles living in Northern Ireland.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining some of the legal and ethical problems Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre encountered in the creation and archiving of their Belfast Project oral history at Boston College.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 2, Keefe reveals that Dolours Price once described her childhood as an indoctrination. Write an essay explaining what Price meant by this, citing specific examples and references to the text to support your conclusions.

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