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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the RBMK, to what temperature did the water rise?
(a) 205 degrees centigrade.
(b) 300 degrees centigrade.
(c) 318 degrees centigrade.
(d) 280 degrees centigrade.

2. On Saturday, how far did chemical troops register 30 roentgen per hour from the Chernobyl plant?
(a) 60 kilometers.
(b) 50 kilometers.
(c) 30 kilometers.
(d) 25 kilometers.

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?
(a) 10:45 p.m.
(b) Around 10 p.m.
(c) 10:30 p.m.
(d) Just before 11 p.m.

4. How many patients did a doctor say needed to evacuated to Moscow at 4 p.m. on Saturday?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 46.

5. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) 900.
(b) About 1,100.
(c) More than 2,000.
(d) 1,750.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Sunday, what time did Maria Protsenko notice a lone woman walking into the town carrying a suitcase?

2. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?

3. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?

4. How many trucks from Fire Station Number Two drove up to Unit Four at Chernobyl after the explosion?

5. How much larger was the RBMK than Western reactors by volume?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the emergency bunker like at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?

2. Why was the name of Chernobyl used for the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine in 1970?

3. What do Logachev and his crew see when at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station on April 26, 1986?

4. Why did Maria Protsenko have to hand draw maps of Pripyat?

5. What was the situation at the Chernobyl plant by 6:35 a.m. on April 26?

6. Where was Toptunov born and how did he grow up?

7. What was the size and makeup of the RBMK?

8. How was the area cleaned up after a massive explosion occured inside the perimeter of Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957?

9. Why did Dyatlov struggle to manage the operators and engineers of Chernobyl?

10. Where can radiation be found?

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