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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?
(a) 40 billion barrels.
(b) 50 billion barrels.
(c) 30 billion barrels.
(d) 60 billion barrels.

2. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?
(a) March 3, 2005.
(b) October 9, 2006.
(c) February 20, 2007.
(d) September 7, 2004.

3. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) Less than 4 inches.
(b) About 3 inches.
(c) Less than 5 inches.
(d) About 2 inches.

4. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Muller's student in his anecdote?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Liz.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Cathi.

5. At the time the book was written, what company was second in oil reserves only to Saudi Arabia?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?

2. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

3. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?

4. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?

5. How many joules does one food calorie contain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have gasoline and oil been used in the past?

2. What are hydrogen bombs and their power?

3. In Chapter 7, was the United States running out of fossil fuels?

4. What does the author say about the ineptness of suicide bombers?

5. How might a solar plane be useful for surveillance?

6. What must alcohol be made from the U.S. and how is it determined that it has been made properly?

7. Why is oil used so widely instead of other types of energy?

8. How does radioactivity go away?

9. What happened to anthrax that was grown in Soviet laboratories, and what threat could it still pose?

10. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?

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