1. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) 1,750.
(b) About 1,100.
(c) 900.
(d) More than 2,000.

2. When did Units Five and Six of the Chernobyl station come online?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1989.

3. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) Novaya Zemlya.
(b) East Urals Trace.
(c) Khabarovsk-47.
(d) Semipalatinsk.

4. How many roentgen per hour did Alexander Logachev report before 5 p.m. on Saturday after the accident?
(a) 2,080.
(b) 1,110.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 1,020.

5. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?
(a) 21.
(b) 11.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

Short Answer 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?

2. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?

3. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?

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

5. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

(see the answer key)

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