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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people might be killed by a blast in the center of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
(a) 240,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 210,000.
(d) 120,000.

2. How fast was a plane moving that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 515 miles per hour.
(b) 545 miles per hour.
(c) 634 miles per hour.
(d) 600 miles per hour.

3. When was the Davy Crockett nuclear device exploded in a test?
(a) July 1962.
(b) November 1962.
(c) March 1962.
(d) February 1962.

4. In Chapter 8, approximately what percent of people died from cancer of unknown causes?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

5. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
(a) Over 1,000 times.
(b) 800 times.
(c) 200 times.
(d) About 500 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a half-life does carbon-14 have?

2. Of those killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, what is the best estimate of the percent of people who died of radiation-induced cancer?

3. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?

4. A ton of TNT is equal to the energy of how many food calories?

5. How many people died from the anthrax letters sent after 9/11?

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