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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 16, when the Price sisters were brought back to Northern Ireland, where were they imprisoned?
2. In Chapter 24, who was the British Prime Minister in 2012?
3. In Chapter 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?
4. In Chapter 24, when did three thieves break into the Castlereagh complex looking for information on the identities of IRA informants?
5. In Chapter 19, when did the IRA declare a cease-fire?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 14, why were British leaders so worried about the public perception surrounding the imprisonment of the Price sisters as time went on?
2. In Chapter 21, what was one important factor that soured the relationship between Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 14, what were some of Dolours's and Marian's demands that formed the foundation of their reasons for their hunger strike?
5. In Chapter 15, what tactics did the so-called Blanket Men use in Long Kesh in the 1970s?
6. In Chapter 22, how did Trevor Campbell recruit some of the IRA informants he recruited over the years?
7. In Chapter 18, what role did Father Alec Reid play in relation to the Provos?
8. In Chapter 20, what shortcoming of the Good Friday Agreement did the Belfast Project seem to correct?
9. In Chapter 21, what did Mackers find was true of his interviews with many former IRA members?
10. In Chapter 14, how did the Price sisters' parents, Albert and Chrissie, respond to their daughters' hunger strike?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay explaining the origin of Keefe's title - Say Nothing - and what this phrase means in the context of The Troubles.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 5, the Keefe describes the McConville children's recollection of their mother Jean's interactions with a British soldier one night in Divis Flats that they believe precipitated her abduction. Write an essay explaining what the McConville children say transpired and discuss some of the ambiguity and inconsistencies between their version of events and what the IRA members with knowledge of the McConville abduction revealed decades later about the IRA's reasons for killing McConville.
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