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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) Novaya Zemlya.
(b) Khabarovsk-47.
(c) East Urals Trace.
(d) Semipalatinsk.

2. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) About 1,100.
(b) More than 2,000.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,750.

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

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

5. When was the town of Chernobyl established?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) 9th century.
(d) 15th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

2. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?

4. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?

5. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?

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