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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 Volodin and his men passed over Chistogalovka in a helicopter, at what range was the radiometer stuck?
(a) 500 roentgen per hour.
(b) 300 roentgen per hour.
(c) 250 roentgen per hour.
(d) 150 roentgen per hour.

2. How many beds did the Pripyat hospital have?
(a) 650.
(b) About 500.
(c) 250.
(d) More than 400.

3. By Sunday, how many helicopters did General Antoshkin command?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

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

5. 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) 6 kilometers.
(c) 4 kilometers.
(d) 7 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?

2. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

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

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

5. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

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