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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 after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?
(a) 32 hours.
(b) 36 hours.
(c) 28 hours.
(d) 23 hours.

2. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?
(a) November 30, 1975.
(b) September 20, 1975.
(c) December 4, 1975.
(d) October 17, 1975.

3. On April 26, what time did Vitalii Sklyarov get a call from the central load dispatcher for the Ukrainian grid?
(a) 2:45 a.m.
(b) 2:15 a.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

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

5. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?
(a) Lena.
(b) Yenisei.
(c) Ob-Irtysh.
(d) Pripyat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?

2. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?

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

4. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?

5. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

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