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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When citizens were removed from Pripyat, how many small towns or villages were used to take them in?
(a) 30.
(b) About 55.
(c) More than 50.
(d) 45.

2. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?
(a) 55.
(b) 51.
(c) 53.
(d) 50.

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?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

4. How many new dams and filters were built in an attempt to trap contaminated water before it could reach the Pripyat river?
(a) 127.
(b) 131.
(c) 148.
(d) 119.

5. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?
(a) 76 times.
(b) 10 to 15 times.
(c) 50 times.
(d) 30 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?

2. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?

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

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

5. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?

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