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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 much did every refugee from Pripyat receive from the Soviet Red Cross Society?
(a) 150 rubles.
(b) 225 rubles.
(c) 50 rubles.
(d) 100 rubles.

2. How many missions did Vladimir Usatenko complete inside Units Three and Four?
(a) 28.
(b) 26.
(c) 33.
(d) 31.

3. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?
(a) Baking.
(b) Mucking barns.
(c) Milking cows.
(d) Quilting.

4. Where were Natalia Yuvchenko and her two-year-old son billeted after the evacuation from Pripyat?
(a) Lugoviki.
(b) Chornukhy.
(c) Yatsyny.
(d) Piznyky.

5. 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) 2 weeks or a month.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Guskova in Mayak to give emergency aid to the victims of the USSR's firs nuclear disaster?

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 many men worked on the roof removing debris on Tarakanov's team of bio-robots?

4. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

5. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What invisible cloud of radiation came from the core and spread on the winds?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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