View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did Vladimir Usatenko spend inside the zone at Chernobyl?
(a) 58.
(b) 39.
(c) 44.
(d) 26.

2. To limit overall radiation exposure, what was the length of the duty tours for the teams of Sredmash US-605 in Chernobyl?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 1 month.

3. How fast could the specially manufactured trailers move when delivering the steel beam called the Mammoth?
(a) 6 kilometers per hour.
(b) 4 kilometers per hour.
(c) 2 kilometers per hour.
(d) 7 kilometers per hour.

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

5. At a press conference in Mowcow, how many transplant patients did Gale announce would probably die?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/2.

6. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1976.

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

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

9. When were refugees from Pripyat first allowed to return to their homes and salvage what they could?
(a) July 11.
(b) July 25.
(c) July 7.
(d) July 29.

10. By the end of May, how many square kilometers of land had become dangerously contaminated?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 5,500.

11. What was the cost of building the Sarcophagus per day?
(a) $1.7 million.
(b) $2.1 million.
(c) $1.3 million.
(d) $1.5 million.

12. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?
(a) 76 times.
(b) 30 times.
(c) 50 times.
(d) 10 to 15 times.

13. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 250 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) 500 years.

14. On Tuesday night in the Ukrainian cities of Rovno and Zhitomir, more than 100 kilometers away, how much did the levels of background radiation increase?
(a) 25 times.
(b) 35 times.
(c) 30 times.
(d) 20 times.

15. In 1986, how many voting members were there in the Politburo?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?

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

3. When an Army Medical Corps radiologist wore experimental clothing and stepped onto the rooftop in Area M, how much radiation did he absorb in 1 minute and 13 seconds?

4. On Wednesday evening, how many people did Radio Msocow admit had died and been hospitalized?

5. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 430 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample