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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) July 18, 1949.
(b) June 5, 1949.
(c) August 29, 1949.
(d) September 3, 1949.

2. 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.

3. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?

2. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?

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

5. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?

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