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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island?
(a) June 30, 1979.
(b) May 11, 1979.
(c) April 5, 1979.
(d) March 28, 1979.

2. Where were the first-draft plans of the RBMK drawn up by a heavy machinery plant?
(a) Novodvinsk.
(b) Stalingrad.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Minsk.

3. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 900.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 750.
(d) 1,600.

4. By what time did Interior Ministry troops wearing chemical warfare suits and respirators block access to the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 9 a.m.
(b) 9:30 a.m.
(c) 8:30 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

5. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Vladimir Shashenok die at the hospital on Saturday?

2. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?

3. How many members were on Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team?

4. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?

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

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