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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Vladimir Scherbitsky in 1986?
(a) 64.
(b) 68.
(c) 60.
(d) 61.

2. How many beds did the Pripyat hospital have?
(a) About 500.
(b) 250.
(c) More than 400.
(d) 650.

3. On April 26, what time did Vitalii Sklyarov get a call from the central load dispatcher for the Ukrainian grid?
(a) 2:15 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 2:45 a.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

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

5. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

6. By Sunday, how many helicopters did General Antoshkin command?
(a) 50.
(b) 90.
(c) 100.
(d) 80.

7. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 26.
(b) 31.
(c) 34.
(d) 29.

8. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

9. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?
(a) 55.
(b) 53.
(c) 51.
(d) 50.

10. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. On Saturday, how far did chemical troops register 30 roentgen per hour from the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 25 kilometers.
(b) 60 kilometers.
(c) 30 kilometers.
(d) 50 kilometers.

12. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?
(a) 510.
(b) 439.
(c) 718.
(d) 604.

13. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 36.
(b) 28.
(c) More than 30.
(d) About 15.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?

3. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?

4. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?

5. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?

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