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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 24.
(d) 20.

2. What hours was Colonel Lubomir Mimka working in Chapter 11?
(a) 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(c) 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

3. By November, how many tons of uranium from the reactor core was still missing?
(a) 170.
(b) 155.
(c) 165.
(d) 180.

4. How far did fallout composed of 21 different radionuclides form a pattern of intense contamination from the plant?
(a) 300 kilometers.
(b) 350 kilometers.
(c) 250 kilometers.
(d) 200 kilometers.

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

6. How many missions did Vladimir Usatenko complete inside Units Three and Four?
(a) 33.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 31.

7. In Chapter 16, how high did the levels of radiation reach in Area M?
(a) 10,000 roentgen.
(b) 2,000 roentgen.
(c) 5,000 roentgen.
(d) 1,000 roentgen.

8. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?
(a) November 1991.
(b) January 1992.
(c) December 1991.
(d) February 1992.

9. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?
(a) May 9.
(b) May 19.
(c) May 11.
(d) May 13.

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

11. How many rem was it estimated that Andrei Tormozin received, but he still made a complete recovery eventually?
(a) About 580.
(b) 790.
(c) 640.
(d) Almost 1,000.

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

13. How many pages of the report Legasov created on the disaster at Chernobyl were excised on the direct orders of Prime Minister Ryzhkov?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

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

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 9 p.m.
(c) 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(d) 8 a.m. to midnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men worked on the roof removing debris on Tarakanov's team of bio-robots?

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

3. What was the cost of building the Sarcophagus per day?

4. By the end of the week, how many did the New York Post say had died in Ukraine from unconfirmed reports?

5. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?

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