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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. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?
(a) 800 degrees centigrade.
(b) 750 degrees centigrade.
(c) 300 degrees centigrade.
(d) 500 degrees centigrade.

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

3. When did the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men accused of causing the disaster at Chernobyl begin?
(a) August 4, 1987.
(b) June 11, 1987.
(c) September 15, 1987.
(d) July 7, 1987.

4. From how many designs would the design for the Sarcophagus project be chosen?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

5. When was the Mammoth beam finally lowered into place?
(a) November 4.
(b) October 30.
(c) November 1.
(d) October 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hours was Colonel Lubomir Mimka working in Chapter 11?

2. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, what size chamber did theoreticians propose building under Unit Four designed to house a massive, purpose-built water-cooled heat exchanger?

4. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?

5. How long was the May Day parade supposed to have been in KIev?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the problem with discovering what happened to the 180 tons of nuclear fuel from Unit Four?

2. What did U.S. intelligence know about the events at the Chernobyl plant in Chapter 12?

3. What was the timetable for building a sarcophagus to entomb Reactor Number Four?

4. Why did the Ukrainian Minsitry of Health wish to cancel the May Day parade in Kiev, and why was it not canceled?

5. Where did Svetlanta Kirichenko and other members of the Pripyat city council set up an office?

6. When did Valery Legasov present information about the Chernobyl accident and how accurate was the information he provided?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 16, how are General Tarakanov's men dressed to work on the roof above Unit Three?

8. On July 25, how were busloads of Pripyat evacuees allowed to reclaim items from their apartments?

9. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?

10. In Chapter 11, what was a mysterious black carpet found in the banquet hall of the Hotel Polesia?

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