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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Theoretical electro-technologies.
(b) Electrical engineering.
(c) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.
(d) Metrology.

2. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Flu.
(d) Measles.

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

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

5. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?
(a) 7:30 p.m.
(b) 8:15 p.m.
(c) 7:45 p.m.
(d) 8 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

11. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?
(a) Lena.
(b) Yenisei.
(c) Ob-Irtysh.
(d) Pripyat.

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

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

15. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the explosion at Chernobyl did the secure high-frequency lines ring at the Union-level ministries in Moscow?

2. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?

3. Before the accident at Chernobyl, how often had Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team been deployed?

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

5. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?

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