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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?
(a) Between 50 and 150 kilometers an hour.
(b) 125 kilometers an hour.
(c) Between 25 and 100 kilometers an hour.
(d) 75 kilometers an hour.

2. When was Guskova in Mayak to give emergency aid to the victims of the USSR's firs nuclear disaster?
(a) August 1957.
(b) October 1957.
(c) July 1957.
(d) September 1957.

3. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 months.

4. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?
(a) 205 degrees centigrade.
(b) 300 degrees centigrade.
(c) 280 degrees centigrade.
(d) 318 degrees centigrade.

5. By nightfall on Saturday, how many doses of potassium iodide arrived at Pripyat?
(a) 19,000.
(b) 37,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 40,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?

2. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?

3. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

4. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?

5. Where were the first-draft plans of the RBMK drawn up by a heavy machinery plant?

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