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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 years.

2. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?
(a) Just before 11 p.m.
(b) 10:45 p.m.
(c) Around 10 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

4. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 46.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?

3. 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?

4. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?

5. On Saturday, how far did chemical troops register 30 roentgen per hour from the Chernobyl plant?

(see the answer key)

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