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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Tuesday night in the Ukrainian cities of Rovno and Zhitomir, more than 100 kilometers away, how much did the levels of background radiation increase?
(a) 35 times.
(b) 25 times.
(c) 30 times.
(d) 20 times.

2. How many rem was it estimated that Andrei Tormozin received, but he still made a complete recovery eventually?
(a) About 580.
(b) 790.
(c) 640.
(d) Almost 1,000.

3. At the end of Chapter 12, what size chamber did theoreticians propose building under Unit Four designed to house a massive, purpose-built water-cooled heat exchanger?
(a) 8 meters high and 60 meters square.
(b) 6 meters high and 40 meters square.
(c) 4 meters high and 25 meters square.
(d) 5 meters high and 30 meters square.

4. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 750.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 900.

5. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?
(a) 318 degrees centigrade.
(b) 300 degrees centigrade.
(c) 280 degrees centigrade.
(d) 205 degrees centigrade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cost of building the Sarcophagus per day?

2. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?

3. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?

4. How many days did Vladimir Usatenko spend inside the zone at Chernobyl?

5. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?

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