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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 hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?
2. When did the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men accused of causing the disaster at Chernobyl begin?
3. To limit overall radiation exposure, what was the length of the duty tours for the teams of Sredmash US-605 in Chernobyl?
4. When did Brukhanov submit a request to take time off to visit his son and his wife?
5. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 11, what was a mysterious black carpet found in the banquet hall of the Hotel Polesia?
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. What did U.S. intelligence know about the events at the Chernobyl plant in Chapter 12?
4. What happened when Brukhanov took time off to visit his wife and son in the Crimea?
5. Why did the Ukrainian Minsitry of Health wish to cancel the May Day parade in Kiev, and why was it not canceled?
6. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?
7. What was the process of a bone marrow donation and transplant for the Toptunovas?
8. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?
9. What was the death toll in September, and why did that become the offical death toll of the accident?
10. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?
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
Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does Higginbotham use imagery to help readers imagine the disaster and the events he relates in Midnight at Chernobyl?
Essay Topic 3
About 2,500 tons of graphite blocks caught on fire in Reactor Number Four. What were the challenges in extinguishing the fire, and why was it so difficult to put it out?
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