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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 35 times.
(b) 20 times.
(c) 30 times.
(d) 25 times.

2. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

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

4. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?
(a) 200 million.
(b) 750 million.
(c) 125 million.
(d) 600 million.

5. 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.

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

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

8. How far did the government commission have to withdraw from Pripyat on April 29 because of the radiation levels there?
(a) 19 kilometers.
(b) 31 kilometers.
(c) 23 kilometers.
(d) 5 kilometers.

9. When was a statement finally issued by TASS regarding the accident at Chernobyl?
(a) April 29 at 5 p.m.
(b) April 30 at 6 p.m.
(c) April 28 at 8 p.m.
(d) April 27 at 4 p.m.

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

11. Where were Natalia Yuvchenko and her two-year-old son billeted after the evacuation from Pripyat?
(a) Yatsyny.
(b) Chornukhy.
(c) Piznyky.
(d) Lugoviki.

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

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

14. When was Dr. Angelina Guskova sent to Chelyabinsk-40 to treat soldiers and Gulag prisoners working in the plutonium factories of the Mayak Production Association?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1953.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where did a handful of staff from the Pripyat ispolkom set up an office?

2. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?

3. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?

4. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?

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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