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

2. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?
(a) May 19.
(b) May 13.
(c) May 11.
(d) May 9.

3. 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?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

4. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?
(a) 125 million.
(b) 200 million.
(c) 750 million.
(d) 600 million.

5. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 9.
(c) September 3.
(d) September 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. On June 5, how long did Gorbachev give Slavsky and his men to complete the sarcophagus around Unit Four?

2. How many rem was it estimated that Andrei Tormozin received, but he still made a complete recovery eventually?

3. When was the Mammoth beam finally lowered into place?

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

5. How many beds did Hospital Number Six have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Svetlanta Kirichenko and other members of the Pripyat city council set up an office?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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