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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Volodin and his men passed over Chistogalovka in a helicopter, at what range was the radiometer stuck?
(a) 250 roentgen per hour.
(b) 150 roentgen per hour.
(c) 300 roentgen per hour.
(d) 500 roentgen per hour.

2. In 1986, how many voting members were there in the Politburo?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

3. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 7 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

4. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?
(a) 750 million.
(b) 125 million.
(c) 600 million.
(d) 200 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

2. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?

3. When an Army Medical Corps radiologist wore experimental clothing and stepped onto the rooftop in Area M, how much radiation did he absorb in 1 minute and 13 seconds?

4. How far did fallout composed of 21 different radionuclides form a pattern of intense contamination from the plant?

5. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?

(see the answer key)

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