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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after it was planned for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to finally go critical did it go online?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 20 months.
(d) 18 months.

2. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) July 18, 1949.
(b) August 29, 1949.
(c) June 5, 1949.
(d) September 3, 1949.

3. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1987.

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

5. On June 5, how long did Gorbachev give Slavsky and his men to complete the sarcophagus around Unit Four?
(a) Until November.
(b) Until September.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?

3. How much energy were the high-power channel-type reactors theoretically capable of generating?

4. By morning on Saturday, how many patients were admitted?

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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