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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 4 to 5 hours.
(d) 2 to 3 hours.

2. When did the space shuttle Columbia explode?
(a) February 1, 2003.
(b) April 23, 2003.
(c) March 11, 2003.
(d) January 9, 2003.

3. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

4. When did the author spend a night with the U.S. Border Patrol?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1989.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the distance to the nearest star (other than the sun)?

2. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?

3. During the last real ice age, how much lower were the oceans than today?

4. Exposure to what level of rem will incapacitate you within hours?

5. When did the U.S. and Russia sign a treaty where they promised to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons to less than 6,000 each?

(see the answer key)

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