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

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?
(a) 29.
(b) 15.
(c) 51.
(d) 32.

3. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

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

5. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 14 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

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

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

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