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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is much of the uranium obtained?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Colorado.

3. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 3 1/2 miles.
(c) About a quarter mile.
(d) Over half a mile.

4. At the time the book was written, what company was second in oil reserves only to Saudi Arabia?
(a) United States.
(b) Canada.
(c) Iran.
(d) Russia.

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 the radioactivity in the Chernobyl reactor was possible released into the atmosphere?

2. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?

3. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?

4. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?

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

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