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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how how many days did Tarakanov's men remove debris from the roofs of the reactors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

2. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Theoretical electro-technologies.
(b) Electrical engineering.
(c) Metrology.
(d) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.

3. How many new dams and filters were built in an attempt to trap contaminated water before it could reach the Pripyat river?
(a) 119.
(b) 148.
(c) 131.
(d) 127.

4. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 30,000.

5. On Tuesday night in the Ukrainian cities of Rovno and Zhitomir, more than 100 kilometers away, how much did the levels of background radiation increase?
(a) 30 times.
(b) 25 times.
(c) 35 times.
(d) 20 times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?

3. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?

4. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

5. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?

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