The Nuclear Tourist

What is the exclusion zone?

• a vast, quarantined wilderness that surrounds Chernobyl

• a jail

• a military base camp

What are some characteristics that draw tourists to areas like Chernobyl?

• the landscapes

• outdorr activities

• for the chilling results of a nuclear accident

What elements caused the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986?

• an atomic bomb

• a nuclear reactor overheated

• a mixture of gases

What is the current condition of the towns of Pripyat and Chernobyl?

• abandoned buildings, broken glass on the ground, and materials from the reactor's explosion

• enormous industrial buildings

• interesting amusement parks

Who is George Johnson?

• an artist

• Chernobyl's governor

• a writer and journalist

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Where is Chernobyl?

• in Rusia

• in Ukraine

• in the Soviet Union

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Who are the "returness"?

• stubborn old people, who insist on living in Chernobyl

• tourists who want to come back

• extreme tourists

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How many villages were evacuated after the explosion?

• 50

• 100

• 200

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Which is the approximate data about the people who were damaged with thyroid cancer for radiation exposure?

• 2,000

• 6,000

• 4,000

What other country suffered from a explosion in a nuclear plant?

• Fukushima, Japan

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

• Aushwitz, Germany

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