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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the melted fuel poisoned the drinking water, how many people would be affected?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 40 million.
(c) 30 million.
(d) 45 million.

2. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 34.

3. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1982.

4. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?
(a) A billion.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) A million.

5. What hours were members of the government commission working in Chapter 11?
(a) 8 a.m to 1 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m. to midnight.
(c) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(d) 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many roentgen per hour was emitted by a formation dubbed the Elephant's foot found in the reactor?

2. How long was the study of the Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb attacks in 1945?

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

4. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?

5. How many hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?

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