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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?
(a) Before December 1983.
(b) January 1984.
(c) After March 1984.
(d) February 1984.

2. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1985.

3. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 months.

4. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?
(a) 1,090.
(b) 215,
(c) 2,080.
(d) 112.

5. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) About 1,100.
(b) 1,750.
(c) More than 2,000.
(d) 900.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?

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

5. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?

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