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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 did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?
(a) Measles.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Flu.

2. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?
(a) 3 in 25.
(b) About 2 in 20.
(c) 4 in 50.
(d) Less than 1 in 15.

3. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

4. When did the radioactive releases from the reactor suddenly increase and double from 3 million to 6 million curies?
(a) May 5.
(b) May 3.
(c) May 4.
(d) May 2.

5. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?
(a) 10:45 p.m.
(b) Around 10 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) Just before 11 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the USSR energy minister Anatoly Mayorets learn about the accident at Chernobyl?

2. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?

3. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

4. What hours was Colonel Lubomir Mimka working in Chapter 11?

5. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

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