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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 20.

2. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?
(a) 17 kilometers.
(b) As far as 30 kilometers.
(c) About 25 kilometers.
(d) 35 kilometers.

3. On Saturday, how far did chemical troops register 30 roentgen per hour from the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 30 kilometers.
(b) 25 kilometers.
(c) 50 kilometers.
(d) 60 kilometers.

4. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1965.

5. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?
(a) 1,000 tons.
(b) 3,100 tons.
(c) 1,500 tons.
(d) 2,000 tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

2. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?

3. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?

4. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?

5. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

(see the answer key)

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