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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

2. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?
(a) Between 25 and 100 kilometers an hour.
(b) 75 kilometers an hour.
(c) Between 50 and 150 kilometers an hour.
(d) 125 kilometers an hour.

3. How long did General Pikalov believe it would take for the decontamination work?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 7 months.

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

5. How much did every refugee from Pripyat receive from the Soviet Red Cross Society?
(a) 150 rubles.
(b) 50 rubles.
(c) 100 rubles.
(d) 225 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?

2. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?

3. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?

4. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

5. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?

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