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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?

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. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?

4. How many pages of the report Legasov created on the disaster at Chernobyl were excised on the direct orders of Prime Minister Ryzhkov?

5. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Mikhail Gorbachev finally address the explosion at Chernobyl?

2. What did Maria Protsenko finally learn about the possibility of returning to Pripyat?

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

4. How were hundreds of tons of material dropped into the burning reactor every day in Chapter 11?

5. Why did Alexander Meshkov conclude that the accident was due to operator error?

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

7. By 2 p.m. on Sunday, what did Swedish authorities conclude?

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

9. What was the death toll in September, and why did that become the offical death toll of the accident?

10. Who was the head of the Clinical Department of Hospital Number Six in Moscow, and what were her qualifications?

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