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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who personally brought a doctor to see Hughes at risk to himself?
(a) Anthony McIntyre.
(b) Gerry Adams.
(c) Ed Moloney.
(d) Ian Paisley.

2. In Chapter 8, what was the name of the prison ship the British used to house political prisoners?
(a) The HMS Braveheart.
(b) The SSS Mackaray.
(c) The HMP Maidstone.
(d) The SSS Maloney.

3. In Chapter 4, where did the Prices live in Belfast?
(a) Divis Flats.
(b) Slievegallion Drive.
(c) The Falls Road.
(d) Belfast Road.

4. In Chapter 2, where were Dolours Price and other marchers ambushed and beaten by British and loyalist counter-protesters?
(a) Hemmington Way.
(b) Burntollet Bridge.
(c) Grosvenor Square.
(d) Stormont.

5. In Chapter 3, when did Michael McConville's father die?
(a) January 1972.
(b) July 1965.
(c) April 1968.
(d) March 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what was the biggest challenge facing the new British general in charge of Northern Ireland when he took over in the early 1970s?

2. In Chapter 9, what did a man bring to the door of the McConville's flat about a week after Jean disappeared?

3. In Chapter 6, what was Brendan Hughes's nickame?

4. Which Protestant minister in Northern Ireland does Keefe describe as "rabid" in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 5, what ancient mode of humiliation were women in Belfast seen consorting with a British soldier subjected to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how was Archie McConville treated by the men who took his mother Jean away?

2. In Chapter 9, what happened to the McConville children after their mother Jean disappeared?

3. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh prison?

4. In Chapter 5, what action does Jean McConville take that causes people to write "Brit Lover" across the family's door?

5. In Chapter 8, what bombing campaign did Brendan Hughes help to plan in 1972?

6. In Chapter 2, how did Arthur Price pass down his allegiance to republicanism to his daughters?

7. In Chapter 11, what was Dolours Price's role in the plan to bring the Provisional IRA's bombing campaign directly to London?

8. In Chapter 3, what happens in the McConville family that makes Michael McConville think things can not get much worse?

9. In Chapter 12, how did Dolours and Marian Price react to their conviction in court in London in 1973?

10. In Chapter 2, how does Keefe describe Patrick Pearse's mentality and motivations during the years leading up to the Easter Rising in 1916?

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