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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 stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 11.
(d) 20.

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

3. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

4. When were refugees from Pripyat first allowed to return to their homes and salvage what they could?
(a) July 7.
(b) July 29.
(c) July 11.
(d) July 25.

5. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?
(a) 8:15 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 7:30 p.m.
(d) 7:45 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?

2. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?

3. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?

4. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

5. By November, how many tons of uranium from the reactor core was still missing?

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