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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 many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. At the end of Chapter 12, what size chamber did theoreticians propose building under Unit Four designed to house a massive, purpose-built water-cooled heat exchanger?
(a) 5 meters high and 30 meters square.
(b) 8 meters high and 60 meters square.
(c) 4 meters high and 25 meters square.
(d) 6 meters high and 40 meters square.

3. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?
(a) 28,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 14,000.

4. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?

2. 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?

3. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?

4. How old was Efim Slavsky when he was asked to resign as the leader of the Sredmash?

5. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?

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