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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. What was the cost of building the Sarcophagus per day?
(a) $1.3 million.
(b) $1.5 million.
(c) $2.1 million.
(d) $1.7 million.

2. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?
(a) 10 tons of boron and 80 tons of sand.
(b) 5 tons of boron and 50 tons of sand.
(c) 20 tons of boron and 180 tons of sand.
(d) 15 tons of boron and 100 tons of sand.

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

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

5. By the end of the first week, how many bone marrow transplants did Dr. Alexander Baranov, head of Hospital Number Six's hematology department oversee?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. From how many designs would the design for the Sarcophagus project be chosen?

2. In 1986, how many voting members were there in the Politburo?

3. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the China Syndrome, and why was it a concern?

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

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

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

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

8. What were the charages against Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men who stood accused of causing the disaster at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station?

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

10. What was the process of a bone marrow donation and transplant for the Toptunovas?

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