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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 2,300 meters.
(c) 1,800 meters.
(d) 1,500 meters.

3. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?
(a) 2 in the USSR.
(b) 5 in the USSR.
(c) 1 in the U.S.
(d) 1 in Britain.

4. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 31.
(b) 26.
(c) 29.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?

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

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

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

5. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?

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