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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the end of the week, how many did the New York Post say had died in Ukraine from unconfirmed reports?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 18,000.

2. By what time did Interior Ministry troops wearing chemical warfare suits and respirators block access to the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 9:30 a.m.

3. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?
(a) October 9.
(b) October 1.
(c) October 28.
(d) October 14.

4. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 250 years.

5. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many beds did Hospital Number Six have?

2. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

3. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?

4. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?

5. By the middle of the summer, how much concrete was being churned out every 24 hours by the Sredmash plants?

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