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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. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 1,500 meters.
(c) 2,300 meters.
(d) 1,800 meters.

3. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?
(a) 33.
(b) 36.
(c) 29.
(d) 38.

4. 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) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

5. How many beds did Hospital Number Six have?
(a) 450.
(b) 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 375.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. How many days did Vladimir Usatenko spend inside the zone at Chernobyl?

4. How many missions did Vladimir Usatenko complete inside Units Three and Four?

5. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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