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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1971.

2. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

3. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 28.
(b) 36.
(c) More than 30.
(d) About 15.

4. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?
(a) 4 kilometers.
(b) 7 kilometers.
(c) 5 kilometers.
(d) 6 kilometers.

5. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was one of Dyatlov's sons when he died from leukemia?

2. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

3. How much energy were the high-power channel-type reactors theoretically capable of generating?

4. How many years after it was planned for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to finally go critical did it go online?

5. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

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