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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?
(a) Quilting.
(b) Baking.
(c) Mucking barns.
(d) Milking cows.

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

4. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?
(a) 200 million.
(b) 600 million.
(c) 750 million.
(d) 125 million.

5. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?
(a) 55.
(b) 50.
(c) 53.
(d) 51.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?

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

3. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?

4. When was the town of Chernobyl established?

5. Within the first 12 days after the accident, how many bone marrow operations did Alexander Baranov and Rober Gale conduct?

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