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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 times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) A million.
(d) A billion.

2. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?
(a) 8:15 p.m.
(b) 7:30 p.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 7:45 p.m.

3. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

5. 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) 51.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?

3. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?

4. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?

5. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?

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