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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

2. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?
(a) 46.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 9 hours.

4. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 23.
(b) 18.
(c) 32.
(d) 11.

5. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) September 3, 1949.
(b) June 5, 1949.
(c) August 29, 1949.
(d) July 18, 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

2. By Sunday, how many helicopters did General Antoshkin command?

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?

4. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

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

(see the answer key)

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