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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?
(a) 36 hours.
(b) 23 hours.
(c) 28 hours.
(d) 32 hours.

2. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?
(a) 205 degrees centigrade.
(b) 300 degrees centigrade.
(c) 318 degrees centigrade.
(d) 280 degrees centigrade.

3. How long after the explosion at Chernobyl did the secure high-frequency lines ring at the Union-level ministries in Moscow?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) About 20 minutes.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) Less than 30 minutes.

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

5. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) July 18, 1949.
(b) June 5, 1949.
(c) August 29, 1949.
(d) September 3, 1949.

6. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?
(a) 1:31 a.m.
(b) Around 1:24 a.m.
(c) Just after 1:25 a.m.
(d) 1:28 a.m.

7. By morning on Saturday, how many patients were admitted?
(a) 75.
(b) 90.
(c) 105.
(d) 80.

8. What time did Vladimir Shashenok die at the hospital on Saturday?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

9. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?
(a) 46.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

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

11. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?
(a) 25 times.
(b) 15 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 20 times.

12. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?
(a) 2 in the USSR.
(b) 1 in the U.S.
(c) 5 in the USSR.
(d) 1 in Britain.

13. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

14. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?
(a) 10:30 p.m.
(b) Around 10 p.m.
(c) 10:45 p.m.
(d) Just before 11 p.m.

15. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) Another 2 pair.
(d) Another pair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members were on Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team?

2. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?

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

4. By 7:30 a.m., how long had Akimov and Toptunov been exposed to to the gamma fields inside Unit 4?

5. What time did the USSR energy minister Anatoly Mayorets learn about the accident at Chernobyl?

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