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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Chapter 3, who was Jean McConville married to?
(a) Arthur McConville.
(b) Bernard McConville.
(c) John McConville.
(d) Mark McConville.
2. What nickname did the Price sisters eventually come to be known by?
(a) The Beauties.
(b) The Black Widows.
(c) The Romers.
(d) The Crazy Prices.
3. In Chapter 3, where was the first child to lose his life in the Troubles killed?
(a) Grosvenor Square.
(b) Stormont.
(c) Burntollet Bridge.
(d) Divis Flats.
4. In Chapter 10, what laundry company did the Provos ambush in 1972?
(a) Four Square Laundry.
(b) The Basket.
(c) The Clean Machine.
(d) Shining Star.
5. In Chapter 9, which of the McConville children was old enough to live on her own but not to take guardianship of the other children?
(a) Terri.
(b) Helen.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Martha.
6. In Chapter 4, what was the informal name for the division of the IRA that the Price sisters joined?
(a) The Realm.
(b) The Splinter.
(c) The Provos.
(d) The Knife.
7. In Chapter 8, what was the name of the prison ship the British used to house political prisoners?
(a) The HMS Braveheart.
(b) The HMP Maidstone.
(c) The SSS Maloney.
(d) The SSS Mackaray.
8. In Chapter 3, what was Divis Flats originally envisioned as?
(a) A church.
(b) A prison.
(c) Part of a "slum clearance" program.
(d) A place where the British could keep an eye on radicals.
9. In Chapter 8, what was the new prison being built at an airfield outside of Belfast?
(a) The Maidstone.
(b) The Roadstone.
(c) Long Kesh.
(d) The Fall Line.
10. In Chapter 4, who did the IRA sell off some of its weapons to in 1968?
(a) The Libyan Free Force.
(b) The Scottish police force.
(c) The Free Wales Army.
(d) The French insurgency.
11. How old was Jean McConville when she disappeared?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 45.
(d) 38.
12. Where did Jean McConville live when she was disappeared?
(a) Grosvenor Square.
(b) The Lightback Road.
(c) Divis Flats.
(d) Belfast Garden.
13. In Chapter 9, why did Granny McConville not want Jean's disappearance reported to authorities?
(a) She was embarrassed by Jean's allegiance to the Provos.
(b) She was sure Jean would come back.
(c) She knew for certain Jean was already dead.
(d) She was afraid of the repercussions in the community.
14. In Chapter 7, what unit was Brendan Hughes in charge of for the IRA in the early 1970s?
(a) The Post Malones.
(b) The Belfast Brigade's D Company.
(c) The Marching Wallaces.
(d) The Provisional Stockpile.
15. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?
(a) Ian Paisley.
(b) Michael Moore.
(c) Mark Fuddrone.
(d) Alec Parson.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 12, what did Dolours Price wear the day the jury's verdict was handed down in the London bombing case?
2. The night Jean McConville disappeared, where did she send her daughter Helen on an errand?
3. In Chapter 5, what were the names of the McConville family's dogs?
4. In Chapter 11, what did Marian and Dolours do the night before the London bombing in 1973?
5. In Chapter 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?
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