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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

3. 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) 21.
(d) 16.

4. What time did the USSR energy minister Anatoly Mayorets learn about the accident at Chernobyl?
(a) 5:45 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 6:15 a.m.

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

6. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1966.

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

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

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

10. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

12. By what time did Interior Ministry troops wearing chemical warfare suits and respirators block access to the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 8:30 a.m.
(b) 9:30 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

13. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?
(a) U.S. Capitol.
(b) Supreme Court.
(c) National Archives.
(d) Library of Congress.

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

15. By 7:30 a.m., how long had Akimov and Toptunov been exposed to to the gamma fields inside Unit 4?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 7 hours.
(c) More than 6 hours.
(d) About 3 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

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

3. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?

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

5. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?

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