View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At a press conference in Mowcow, how many transplant patients did Gale announce would probably die?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 2/3.

2. How many tons could the Mi-26 carry in a single load?
(a) About 25.
(b) 30.
(c) Up to 20.
(d) 15.

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

4. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?
(a) 33.
(b) 38.
(c) 36.
(d) 29.

5. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
(a) 1,800 meters.
(b) 2,000 meters.
(c) 2,300 meters.
(d) 1,500 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Brukhanov submit a request to take time off to visit his son and his wife?

2. In Chapter 13, where did a handful of staff from the Pripyat ispolkom set up an office?

3. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?

4. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 175 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample