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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?
(a) October 28.
(b) October 9.
(c) October 1.
(d) October 14.

2. From how many designs would the design for the Sarcophagus project be chosen?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

3. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 9.
(c) September 24.
(d) September 3.

4. By Sunday, how many men and women from the nuclear plant were admitted to Hospital Number Six?
(a) 198.
(b) 218.
(c) 184.
(d) 207.

5. Within the first 12 days after the accident, how many bone marrow operations did Alexander Baranov and Rober Gale conduct?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) 14.

6. By the middle of the summer, how much concrete was being churned out every 24 hours by the Sredmash plants?
(a) 12,000 tons.
(b) 18,000 tons.
(c) 11,000 tons.
(d) 15,000 tons.

7. How much did every refugee from Pripyat receive from the Soviet Red Cross Society?
(a) 50 rubles.
(b) 225 rubles.
(c) 100 rubles.
(d) 150 rubles.

8. How many stories tall was Hospital Number Six?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 14.

9. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

10. In Chapter 13, where did a handful of staff from the Pripyat ispolkom set up an office?
(a) Polesskoye.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Gomel.
(d) Zaymie.

11. In September, what became the official death toll of the nuclear accident?
(a) 46.
(b) 58.
(c) 31.
(d) 67.

12. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?
(a) 36.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 38.

13. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?
(a) 61.
(b) 52.
(c) 49.
(d) 58.

14. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
(a) 1,800 meters.
(b) 2,000 meters.
(c) 2,300 meters.
(d) 1,500 meters.

15. What hours were members of the government commission working in Chapter 11?
(a) 8 a.m to 1 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m. to midnight.
(c) 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(d) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?

2. How far did fallout composed of 21 different radionuclides form a pattern of intense contamination from the plant?

3. How old was Efim Slavsky when he was asked to resign as the leader of the Sredmash?

4. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?

5. To limit overall radiation exposure, what was the length of the duty tours for the teams of Sredmash US-605 in Chernobyl?

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