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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 mistake did Brendan Hughes make when he set out organizing the hunger strike in prison?
2. In Chapter 21, who did Brendan Hughes tell Mackers had called the shots for the Provisional IRA while he was involved with the group?
3. In Chapter 17, how did Dolours Price react to Gerry Adams' decision to run for parliament at Westminster representing West Belfast?
4. In Chapter 22, who was one of the British's most prized informants within the IRA?
5. In Chapter 20, who broke the IRA's code of silence in 2001?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 16, what did Dolours Price say later in life about her relationship with food and eating?
2. In Chapter 20, how does Mackers end up being the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project at Boston College?
3. 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?
4. In Chapter 23, what was one of the main psychological difficulties for families of the disappeared in Northern Ireland?
5. In Chapter 14, what choice did the British authorities make in order to deal with Dolours' and Marian's hunger strike?
6. In Chapter 17, what are some of the difficulties Dolours Price and Stephen Rea encountered in their marriage?
7. In Chapter 24, what did three thieves break into the police complex at Castlereagh in 2002 looking for?
8. In Chapter 21, why was Brendan Hughes so upset over the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement?
9. In Chapter 15, what was life like for the McConville children that ended up at Kilcubbin?
10. In Chapter 14, what was one of Dolours's primary worries as she and Marian grew more ill on their hunger strike?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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