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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island?
(a) April 5, 1979.
(b) May 11, 1979.
(c) March 28, 1979.
(d) June 30, 1979.

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 9 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

4. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?
(a) 604.
(b) 718.
(c) 510.
(d) 439.

5. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?
(a) A million.
(b) A billion.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 500,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was one of Dyatlov's sons when he died from leukemia?

3. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?

4. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?

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

(see the answer key)

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