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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Military of Defense standard for the maximum dose of radiation workers could receive safely?
(a) 50 rem.
(b) 30 rem.
(c) 25 rem.
(d) 45 rem.

2. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?
(a) 25 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 20 times.
(d) 15 times.

3. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?
(a) 510.
(b) 718.
(c) 439.
(d) 604.

4. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Metrology.
(b) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.
(c) Theoretical electro-technologies.
(d) Electrical engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?

2. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

3. When Natalia Yuvchenko asked about her husband's condition, how long did doctors say it would be before they would know if he would survive?

4. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?

5. On Tuesday, April 29, how many victims of the accident were hospitalized in Moscow?

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