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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1954.

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

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

5. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 32.
(b) 23.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?

2. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

3. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?

4. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?

5. When was the town of Chernobyl established?

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