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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 20, who was England's Prime Minister when the peace accord was signed in 1998?
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 20, what did the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project use to record his interviews?
5. In Chapter 21, what was one reason that Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams were no longer friends?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 20, how does Mackers end up being the lead interviewer for the Belfast Project at Boston College?
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 15, what was life like for the McConville children that ended up at Kilcubbin?
5. In Chapter 15, what tactics did the so-called Blanket Men use in Long Kesh in the 1970s?
6. In Chapter 14, what was one of Dolours's primary worries as she and Marian grew more ill on their hunger strike?
7. In Chapter 20, what shortcoming of the Good Friday Agreement did the Belfast Project seem to correct?
8. In Chapter 21, what was one important factor that soured the relationship between Brendan Hughes and Gerry Adams?
9. In Chapter 17, what are some of the difficulties Dolours Price and Stephen Rea encountered in their marriage?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What effect did the events of Bloody Sunday in January 1972 have on the Provisional IRA's activities and strategy? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
How did the Price family - particularly Arthur and Chrissy, Dolours' and Marian's parents - handle and react to the knowledge that their daughters were involved in IRA operations? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the events, attitudes, and individual actions that led to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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