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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?
(a) Before December 1983.
(b) February 1984.
(c) After March 1984.
(d) January 1984.

3. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

4. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?

4. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

5. By 7:30 a.m., how long had Akimov and Toptunov been exposed to to the gamma fields inside Unit 4?

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