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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. How many tons of jet fuel did each plane carry in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 65.
(d) 55.

3. How much of a rem is in tooth X-rays?
(a) 1/500.
(b) 1/2000.
(c) 1/1000.
(d) 1/750.

4. About how many people near the Chernobyl reactor were thought to have received about 45 rem each?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

5. What was the blast radius of the M83 bombs carried by the B-52s?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 8 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

6. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1987.

7. How much did the small nuclear weapon the Davy Crockett weigh?
(a) Around 40 pounds.
(b) 55 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) About 50 pounds.

8. How much more energy is typically released by a nuclear chain reaction than an equal weight of TNT?
(a) 500,000 times.
(b) 10,000 times.
(c) 15 million times.
(d) 20 million times.

9. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?
(a) 11 billion.
(b) 4 billion.
(c) About 3 trillion.
(d) About 2 trillion.

10. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1987.

11. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Cathi.
(d) Liz.

12. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?
(a) 52%.
(b) 68%.
(c) 38%.
(d) 41%.

13. How large was a plane that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 103 tons.
(b) 131 tons.
(c) 158 tons.
(d) 142 tons.

14. How much power can a healthy person produce by pedaling a bicycle?
(a) 3/4 horsepower.
(b) 1 horsepower.
(c) 1/3 horsepower.
(d) 1/7 horsepower.

15. How many people died from the anthrax letters sent after 9/11?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 28.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?

2. How many joules does one food calorie contain?

3. How many kilotons of TNT were used by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001?

4. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?

5. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?

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