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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rems did Tarakanov collect after 2 weeks inside his command post and several trips to the rooftops?

3. When citizens were removed from Pripyat, how many small towns or villages were used to take them in?

4. In September, what became the official death toll of the nuclear accident?

5. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The China Syndrome was the idea that a meltdown from a nuclear accident could go through any containment structures, through the earth, and then through to China. Why was there concern that the meltdown might escape the building and contaminate the earth? Was there a real danger of that happening?

Essay Topic 2

Chernobyl power station used RBMK reactors. Why and how did design flaws in the RBMK lead to the catastrophe?

Essay Topic 3

The cleanup efforts were described as Sisyphean. What work was required for the clean-up and why were those efforts described as Sisyphean?

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