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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Brukhanov submit a request to take time off to visit his son and his wife?
(a) May 17.
(b) May 19.
(c) May 22.
(d) May 24.

4. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?
(a) 3,100 tons.
(b) 1,500 tons.
(c) 1,000 tons.
(d) 2,000 tons.

5. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) Another 2 pair.
(d) Another pair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far did the government commission have to withdraw from Pripyat on April 29 because of the radiation levels there?

3. How many pages of the report Legasov created on the disaster at Chernobyl were excised on the direct orders of Prime Minister Ryzhkov?

4. When citizens were removed from Pripyat, how many small towns or villages were used to take them in?

5. By the end of May, how many square kilometers of land had become dangerously contaminated?

(see the answer key)

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