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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?
(a) 30 rem.
(b) 20 rem.
(c) 25 rem.
(d) 22 rem.

3. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?
(a) 5 tons of boron and 50 tons of sand.
(b) 10 tons of boron and 80 tons of sand.
(c) 20 tons of boron and 180 tons of sand.
(d) 15 tons of boron and 100 tons of sand.

4. On Tuesday, April 29, how many victims of the accident were hospitalized in Moscow?
(a) About 300.
(b) 75.
(c) Almost 200.
(d) 150.

5. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?
(a) 35 kilometers.
(b) 17 kilometers.
(c) As far as 30 kilometers.
(d) About 25 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?

2. What time did the USSR energy minister Anatoly Mayorets learn about the accident at Chernobyl?

3. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?

4. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?

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?

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