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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 29.
(b) 15.
(c) 32.
(d) 51.

2. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?
(a) October 14.
(b) October 1.
(c) October 9.
(d) October 28.

3. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?
(a) January 24, 1970.
(b) March 11, 1970.
(c) February 20, 1970.
(d) April 9, 1970.

4. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. On April 26, what time did Vitalii Sklyarov get a call from the central load dispatcher for the Ukrainian grid?

2. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?

3. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?

4. When did the radioactive releases from the reactor suddenly increase and double from 3 million to 6 million curies?

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

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