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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 28.
(b) 36.
(c) About 15.
(d) More than 30.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?

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

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