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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the amusement park featured in Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place" scheduled to open?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1991.

2. Gorbachev believed that the Chernobyl disaster would create how many years of aftereffects?
(a) 600.
(b) 200.
(c) 800.
(d) 400.

3. Igor tells the tour group that if anyone of what type gets hurt at the Zone, there will be no more tours?
(a) Ukranians.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Americans.
(d) Children.

4. Caroline lives on a house boat along which river, according to O'Connell?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Mississippi.
(c) The Snake.
(d) The Rhine.

5. The graph discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" depicts measurements of what type of consumption?
(a) Water consumption.
(b) Food consumption.
(c) Resource consumption.
(d) Natural gas consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?

2. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?

3. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?

4. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?

5. Who developed a theory concerning three different circles?

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