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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 3.
(b) Another 2 pair.
(c) 4.
(d) Another pair.

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

3. How many members were on Prushinksky's nuclear emergency response team?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

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

5. How many years after it was planned for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to finally go critical did it go online?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 20 months.
(d) 2 years.

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

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

8. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

12. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) Semipalatinsk.
(b) Novaya Zemlya.
(c) East Urals Trace.
(d) Khabarovsk-47.

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

14. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?
(a) April 9, 1970.
(b) March 11, 1970.
(c) February 20, 1970.
(d) January 24, 1970.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?

2. 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?

3. When was the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island?

4. On Saturday, what time did Essaulov notice ambulances coming from the nuclear plant?

5. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

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