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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 the end of May, how many square kilometers of land had become dangerously contaminated?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 5,500.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 5,000.

2. For how how many days did Tarakanov's men remove debris from the roofs of the reactors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?
(a) 11.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

3. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1980.

4. How long could it take for transplanted bone marrow to become sufficiently well established in patients to begin producing blood components?
(a) 11 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks or 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks or a month.

5. What was the Military of Defense standard for the maximum dose of radiation workers could receive safely?
(a) 25 rem.
(b) 30 rem.
(c) 45 rem.
(d) 50 rem.

Short Answer Questions

1. To limit overall radiation exposure, what was the length of the duty tours for the teams of Sredmash US-605 in Chernobyl?

2. If the melted fuel poisoned the drinking water, how many people would be affected?

3. When were refugees from Pripyat first allowed to return to their homes and salvage what they could?

4. When Natalia Yuvchenko asked about her husband's condition, how long did doctors say it would be before they would know if he would survive?

5. In Chapter 16, when did the Politburo publicly promise that the first two of the three remaining Chernobyl reactors would be put back into service?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?

8. Why were theorectical physicists concerned about the threat of molten corium, and what solution did they propose?

9. What happened when Brukhanov took time off to visit his wife and son in the Crimea?

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

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