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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When citizens were removed from Pripyat, how many small towns or villages were used to take them in?
(a) 45.
(b) About 55.
(c) 30.
(d) More than 50.

2. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?
(a) 51.
(b) 32.
(c) 15.
(d) 29.

3. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) Khabarovsk-47.
(b) Semipalatinsk.
(c) Novaya Zemlya.
(d) East Urals Trace.

4. In 1986, how many voting members were there in the Politburo?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. How many pages of the report Legasov created on the disaster at Chernobyl were excised on the direct orders of Prime Minister Ryzhkov?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Saturday, what time did Essaulov notice ambulances coming from the nuclear plant?

2. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

3. On Tuesday, April 29, how many victims of the accident were hospitalized in Moscow?

4. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?

5. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?

(see the answer key)

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