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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Gorbachev finally appear on TV to address the nuclear accident in public?
(a) May 14.
(b) May 19.
(c) May 15.
(d) May 21.

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

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

5. When did the radioactive releases from the reactor suddenly increase and double from 3 million to 6 million curies?
(a) May 4.
(b) May 5.
(c) May 3.
(d) May 2.

6. On Wednesday evening, how many people did Radio Msocow admit had died and been hospitalized?
(a) 1 dead and 211 hospitalized.
(b) 3 dead and 150 hospitalized.
(c) 5 dead and 318 hospitalized.
(d) 2 dead and 197 hospitalized.

7. How many new dams and filters were built in an attempt to trap contaminated water before it could reach the Pripyat river?
(a) 131.
(b) 127.
(c) 119.
(d) 148.

8. On June 5, how long did Gorbachev give Slavsky and his men to complete the sarcophagus around Unit Four?
(a) Until November.
(b) Until September.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

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

10. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?
(a) 30 rem.
(b) 20 rem.
(c) 22 rem.
(d) 25 rem.

11. 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 19.
(d) May 11.

12. 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.

13. What was the Military of Defense standard for the maximum dose of radiation workers could receive safely?
(a) 25 rem.
(b) 50 rem.
(c) 45 rem.
(d) 30 rem.

14. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?
(a) Baking.
(b) Milking cows.
(c) Quilting.
(d) Mucking barns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?

3. 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?

4. If the melted fuel poisoned the drinking water, how many people would be affected?

5. When Natalia Yuvchenko asked about her husband's condition, how long did doctors say it would be before they would know if he would survive?

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