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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

2. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

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

4. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?
(a) 10 meters across and 9 meters high.
(b) 15 meters across and 9 meters high.
(c) 20 meters across and 17 meters high.
(d) 12 meters across and 7 meters high.

5. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?
(a) U.S. Capitol.
(b) Supreme Court.
(c) National Archives.
(d) Library of Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

2. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?

3. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?

4. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

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

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