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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. How many hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?
(a) 30.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 20.

2. How fast could the specially manufactured trailers move when delivering the steel beam called the Mammoth?
(a) 6 kilometers per hour.
(b) 7 kilometers per hour.
(c) 4 kilometers per hour.
(d) 2 kilometers per hour.

3. How many stories tall was Hospital Number Six?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

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

5. How long did General Pikalov believe it would take for the decontamination work?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 7 months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Dr. Angelina Guskova sent to Chelyabinsk-40 to treat soldiers and Gulag prisoners working in the plutonium factories of the Mayak Production Association?

3. When an Army Medical Corps radiologist wore experimental clothing and stepped onto the rooftop in Area M, how much radiation did he absorb in 1 minute and 13 seconds?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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