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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 15, what did the prison doctor bring to Hughes every morning while Hughes was on hunger strike?

2. In Chapter 14, which Irish republican poet and politician undertook a hunger strike in 1920 while being held in prison in England?

3. In Chapter 22, why did Mackers tell Price to rethink her choice to talk on tape about her role in McConville's disappearance?

4. In Chapter 24, where was Jean McConville's body found?

5. In Chapter 15, what mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what choice did the British authorities make in order to deal with Dolours' and Marian's hunger strike?

2. In Chapter 14, what were some of Dolours's and Marian's demands that formed the foundation of their reasons for their hunger strike?

3. In Chapter 17, what are some of the difficulties Dolours Price and Stephen Rea encountered in their marriage?

4. In Chapter 22, how did Trevor Campbell recruit some of the IRA informants he recruited over the years?

5. In Chapter 21, why was Brendan Hughes so upset over the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement?

6. In Chapter 21, what stunning revelation does Ricky O'Rawe make to Mackers about Adams' part in directing the hunger strike in Long Kesh in the 1980s?

7. In Chapter 16, who was the first hunger striker in Long Kesh to die and what was unusual about him?

8. In Chapter 20, what shortcoming of the Good Friday Agreement did the Belfast Project seem to correct?

9. In Chapter 20, how does Mackers end up being the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project at Boston College?

10. In Chapter 18, what role did Father Alec Reid play in relation to the Provos?

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

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 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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