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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 many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) More than 2,000.
(b) 900.
(c) About 1,100.
(d) 1,750.

2. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?
(a) 5 kilometers.
(b) 7 kilometers.
(c) 4 kilometers.
(d) 6 kilometers.

3. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?
(a) 1 p.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 10:30 a.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

4. How long after the explosion at Chernobyl did the secure high-frequency lines ring at the Union-level ministries in Moscow?
(a) Less than 30 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) About 20 minutes.

5. On Saturday, how far did chemical troops register 30 roentgen per hour from the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 30 kilometers.
(b) 60 kilometers.
(c) 25 kilometers.
(d) 50 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. By nightfall on Saturday, how many doses of potassium iodide arrived at Pripyat?

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

3. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

4. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?

5. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?

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