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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?
(a) 30 times.
(b) 76 times.
(c) 10 to 15 times.
(d) 50 times.

2. How many rems did Tarakanov collect after 2 weeks inside his command post and several trips to the rooftops?
(a) 200.
(b) 195.
(c) 180.
(d) 156.

3. How long could it take for transplanted bone marrow to become sufficiently well established in patients to begin producing blood components?
(a) 2 weeks or a month.
(b) 3 weeks or 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 11 weeks.

4. When was a statement finally issued by TASS regarding the accident at Chernobyl?
(a) April 29 at 5 p.m.
(b) April 28 at 8 p.m.
(c) April 30 at 6 p.m.
(d) April 27 at 4 p.m.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how how many days did Tarakanov's men remove debris from the roofs of the reactors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?

2. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?

3. When was Guskova in Mayak to give emergency aid to the victims of the USSR's firs nuclear disaster?

4. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?

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

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