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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 10, what problem did the Provos have when it came time to kill Kevin McKee?
2. In Chapter 11, what name did Dolours Price use when she traveled to London in 1973?
3. In Chapter 9, what did a man bring to the door of the McConville's flat about a week after Jean disappeared?
4. In Chapter 9, why did Granny McConville not want Jean's disappearance reported to authorities?
5. In what year did Jean McConville disappear?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, what bombing campaign did Brendan Hughes help to plan in 1972?
2. In Chapter 5, what action does Jean McConville take that causes people to write "Brit Lover" across the family's door?
3. In Chapter 9, when did Michael McConville realize his mother was dead?
4. In Chapter 2, how does Keefe describe Patrick Pearse's mentality and motivations during the years leading up to the Easter Rising in 1916?
5. In Chapter 12, how did Brendan Hughes escape from Long Kesh prison?
6. In Chapter 6, what does Gerry Adams do for Brendan Hughes that deepens the two mens' bond?
7. In Chapter 2, how did Arthur Price pass down his allegiance to republicanism to his daughters?
8. In Chapter 12, who and what was involved in one of the IRA's boldest escapes from prison?
9. In Chapter 4, why is Eamonn McCann dismayed when he figures out his friend Dolours Price has joined the Provos?
10. In Chapter 2, what did Dolours ask her Aunt Bridie as a child that adults would have found rude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing why figures like Dolours Price and Brendan Hughes were so angry and frustrated with Gerry Adams' repeated denials that he was never a member of the IRA.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay explaining how the British government chose to deal with Irish prisoners on hunger strike during The Troubles, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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