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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?
(a) $8.
(b) $15.
(c) $10.
(d) $12.

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

4. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?
(a) 75.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

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

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

7. How much larger was a nuclear explosion tested by the Soviets in Chapter 2 than the Hiroshima bomb?
(a) 2,000 times.
(b) 2,500 times.
(c) 3,500 times.
(d) 3,000 times.

8. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?
(a) About $65.
(b) About $50.
(c) About $55.
(d) About $60.

9. When did the United States build a small nuclear weapon called the Davy Crockett?
(a) Early 1960s.
(b) Late 1960s.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

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

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

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

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

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

15. When the author had his feet x-rayed as a child, how much radiation did his feet probably receive?
(a) 55 rem.
(b) 60 rem.
(c) 45 rem.
(d) 50 rem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?

2. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?

3. How fast was a plane moving that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?

4. When did the United States place an embargo on Japanese oil imports after they invaded China?

5. How many joules does one food calorie contain?

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