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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One-third of the people along on O'Connell's tour of the Zone hailed from which country?
(a) Poland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

2. Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future discusses a place called the Zone in which country?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Morocco.

3. The region referred to as the Zone was once home to how many thousands of Soviet citizens?
(a) 120.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 80.

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

5. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A tablet.
(b) A laptop.
(c) A phone.
(d) A clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell shares that for him, having children has raised the stakes for protecting what element of life?

2. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?

3. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?

4. O'Connell associates the sound of which element with the time around which his daughter was born?

5. What type of surface hangs nearby the tooth affixed to the wall over O'Connell's son's bed?

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