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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Flu.
(d) Measles.

2. Within the first 12 days after the accident, how many bone marrow operations did Alexander Baranov and Rober Gale conduct?
(a) 22.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

3. By nightfall on Saturday, how many doses of potassium iodide arrived at Pripyat?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 19,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 37,000.

4. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 9.
(c) September 3.
(d) September 24.

5. By Sunday, how many men and women from the nuclear plant were admitted to Hospital Number Six?
(a) 207.
(b) 184.
(c) 218.
(d) 198.

Short Answer Questions

1. By November, how many tons of uranium from the reactor core was still missing?

2. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?

3. By morning on Saturday, how many patients were admitted?

4. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?

5. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?

(see the answer key)

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