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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 22, why was Brendan Hughes so convinced Jean McConville had been an informant?
2. In Chapter 24, which of the McConville children went in first at the morgue to examine the clothing that had been found that authorities suspected might be Jean McConville's?
3. In Chapter 20, who was England's Prime Minister when the peace accord was signed in 1998?
4. In Chapter 16, how did Dolours react to Marian's release from prison while she remained to serve her sentence?
5. In Chapter 15, which of the McConville children became a master of escape?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 17, what did Ian Paisley insinuate might have been the reason for Dolours Price's release from prison?
2. In Chapter 18, what role did Father Alec Reid play in relation to the Provos?
3. In Chapter 14, how did the Price sisters' parents, Albert and Chrissie, respond to their daughters' hunger strike?
4. In Chapter 20, what does Keefe identify as a paradox in the way the people of Northern Ireland dealt with the sensitive information surrounding The Troubles?
5. In Chapter 23, what was one of the main psychological difficulties for families of the disappeared in Northern Ireland?
6. In Chapter 14, what were some of Dolours's and Marian's demands that formed the foundation of their reasons for their hunger strike?
7. In Chapter 23, what jarring situation did Michael McConville, one of Jean's sons, find himself in as an adult one day regarding his mother's abduction?
8. In Chapter 20, what role did President Bill Clinton play in the peace process in Northern Ireland?
9. In Chapter 22, how did Trevor Campbell recruit some of the IRA informants he recruited over the years?
10. In Chapter 14, why were British leaders so worried about the public perception surrounding the imprisonment of the Price sisters as time went on?
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 explaining the origin of Keefe's title - Say Nothing - and what this phrase means in the context of The Troubles.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining how General Frank Kitson honed his approach to handling the violent outbreaks in Northern Ireland, and discuss which prior experiences contributed most significantly to his philosophies, mentality, and actions there.
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