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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

2. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

3. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1985.

4. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?
(a) Flu.
(b) Measles.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Mumps.

5. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?
(a) 4 in 50.
(b) Less than 1 in 15.
(c) About 2 in 20.
(d) 3 in 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

2. How much energy were the high-power channel-type reactors theoretically capable of generating?

3. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?

4. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?

5. How many years after it was planned for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to finally go critical did it go online?

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