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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?
(a) 2 in the USSR.
(b) 5 in the USSR.
(c) 1 in the U.S.
(d) 1 in Britain.

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

3. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) Novaya Zemlya.
(b) Khabarovsk-47.
(c) East Urals Trace.
(d) Semipalatinsk.

4. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

5. How old was Vladimir Scherbitsky in 1986?
(a) 68.
(b) 64.
(c) 60.
(d) 61.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?

2. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?

3. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?

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

5. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

(see the answer key)

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