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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. What type of media did Igor use to inform the tour group about the Chernobyl disaster?
(a) Video.
(b) Radio.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Slideshow.

2. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?
(a) Jak.
(b) Dobryj.
(c) Samoseli.
(d) Spravy.

3. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?
(a) Director.
(b) Investor.
(c) Founder.
(d) CEO.

4. O'Connell states that the Chernobyl site is now effectively the largest what in all of Europe?
(a) Nature preserve.
(b) Landfill.
(c) Isthmus.
(d) Collection of toxic waste.

5. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?
(a) Ignoring it.
(b) Hastening it.
(c) Minimizing it.
(d) Warping it.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell often told his therapist about his feeling of impending what?

2. At the time of the trip, Dylan had relocated to which city several years before?

3. The warning O'Connell discusses in Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map is meant to warn people about an element of what?

4. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

5. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?

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