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

2. What is the radius of damage that would be caused by a 1-kiloton blast?
(a) 900 feet.
(b) 450 feet.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 1,250 feet.

3. How many Chernobyl thyroid cancer victims died?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. How many kilotons of TNT were used by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001?
(a) 2.1.
(b) 1.4.
(c) 1.5.
(d) 1.8.

5. How many beta rays must a fifth of whiskey emit every minute or be considered unfit for human consumption?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 400.
(d) 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people near the Chernobyl reactor were thought to have received about 45 rem each?

2. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?

3. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?

4. At the time the book was written, what company was second in oil reserves only to Saudi Arabia?

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

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