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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of those killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, what is the best estimate of the percent of people who died of radiation-induced cancer?
(a) 2.
(b) 25.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

3. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
(a) Over a quadrillion.
(b) About a quintillion.
(c) 750 billion.
(d) 500 trillion.

4. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
(a) Cesium-137.
(b) Strontium-90.
(c) Phosphorus-32.
(d) Polonium-215.

5. In 2008, how much did solar cells cost per square yard?
(a) $125,000.
(b) About $100,000.
(c) Around $75,000.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?

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

3. In the Manhattan Project, how much uranium did scientists believe was needed for a critical mass?

4. How much did the small nuclear weapon the Davy Crockett weigh?

5. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?

2. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?

3. What must alcohol be made from the U.S. and how is it determined that it has been made properly?

4. Under what circumstances might a sophisticated group of terrorists make a weapon in the kiloton range?

5. What is the greatest threat when it comes to nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists, and why might that be a relatively low threat?

6. What are hydrogen bombs and their power?

7. Who was Richard Reid, and what did he do?

8. What anecdote does the author share regarding a conversation between one of his student's and a physicist?

9. What is radioactivity and radiation?

10. In Chapter 7, was the United States running out of fossil fuels?

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