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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1983.

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

3. How long was the May Day parade supposed to have been in KIev?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

4. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?
(a) 125 kilometers an hour.
(b) 75 kilometers an hour.
(c) Between 50 and 150 kilometers an hour.
(d) Between 25 and 100 kilometers an hour.

5. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?
(a) 58.
(b) 52.
(c) 61.
(d) 49.

Short Answer Questions

1. From how many designs would the design for the Sarcophagus project be chosen?

2. How old was one of Dyatlov's sons when he died from leukemia?

3. If the melted fuel poisoned the drinking water, how many people would be affected?

4. For how how many days did Tarakanov's men remove debris from the roofs of the reactors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?

5. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?

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