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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 heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 1,800.
(b) 750.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,600.

2. On Tuesday night in the Ukrainian cities of Rovno and Zhitomir, more than 100 kilometers away, how much did the levels of background radiation increase?
(a) 20 times.
(b) 25 times.
(c) 30 times.
(d) 35 times.

3. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

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) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By 2011, how many peasants were allowed to return to their ancestral homes inside the Exclusion Zone?

2. How many stories tall was Hospital Number Six?

3. How many rems did Tarakanov collect after 2 weeks inside his command post and several trips to the rooftops?

4. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

5. By Sunday, how many men and women from the nuclear plant were admitted to Hospital Number Six?

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