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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?
(a) Twice.
(b) Four times.
(c) Never.
(d) Once.

4. 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.

5. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

6. By nightfall on Saturday, how many doses of potassium iodide arrived at Pripyat?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 37,000.
(c) 23,000.
(d) 19,000.

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

8. 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) Another pair.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) Another 2 pair.

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

10. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 11.
(b) 23.
(c) 32.
(d) 18.

11. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?
(a) 1,000 tons.
(b) 1,500 tons.
(c) 3,100 tons.
(d) 2,000 tons.

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

13. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?
(a) 4 kilometers.
(b) 5 kilometers.
(c) 7 kilometers.
(d) 6 kilometers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?

2. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?

3. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?

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

5. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?

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