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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. When was the rundown unit supposed to have tested for Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl plant?
(a) Before December 1983.
(b) After March 1984.
(c) January 1984.
(d) February 1984.

2. In what river basin was the Chernobyl plant constructed?
(a) Pripyat.
(b) Ob-Irtysh.
(c) Yenisei.
(d) Lena.

3. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

5. On April 26, what time did Vitalii Sklyarov get a call from the central load dispatcher for the Ukrainian grid?
(a) 2:45 a.m.
(b) 1:30 a.m.
(c) 2:15 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?

2. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?

3. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?

4. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?

5. The day after the RBMK reactor in Leningrade meltdown, did the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers give approval to how many RBMK-1000 units in Chernobyl?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Anatoly Dyatlov begin working at Chernobyl and what was his background?

2. When did people in Pripyat begin to realize something was happening?

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

4. Why was the turbine generator test on April 25, 1986, late in getting started?

5. What was happening with Unit Four on Saturday evening?

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

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

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

9. What happened at Three Mile Island nuclear power station on March 28, 1979?

10. What did Korol do when he got to the hospital looking for his friend Toptunov?

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