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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 17, who did Dolours Price marry in 1983?
2. In Chapter 21, what did the Good Friday Agreement represent to Brendan Hughes?
3. In Chapter 23, what did the McConville children think was a defining feature of their mother's clothing?
4. In Chapter 18, which priest sometimes acted as a messenger for the IRA, while not condoning the group's violent activities?
5. In Chapter 14, whose funeral did Marian and Dolours petition for compassionate leave from prison in order to attend?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 16, what did Dolours Price say later in life about her relationship with food and eating?
3. In Chapter 16, who was the first hunger striker in Long Kesh to die and what was unusual about him?
4. In Chapter 14, what was one of Dolours's primary worries as she and Marian grew more ill on their hunger strike?
5. In Chapter 15, what was life like for the McConville children that ended up at Kilcubbin?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 20, what shortcoming of the Good Friday Agreement did the Belfast Project seem to correct?
8. In Chapter 20, how does Mackers end up being the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project at Boston College?
9. In Chapter 20, what role did President Bill Clinton play in the peace process in Northern Ireland?
10. In Chapter 21, what was one important factor that soured the relationship between Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What were some of the most significant reasons behind the split between the so-called "Old IRA," or the "Stickies," and the Provisional IRA, or the "Provos?" Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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