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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. When did Brukhanov submit a request to take time off to visit his son and his wife?
2. When did the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men accused of causing the disaster at Chernobyl begin?
3. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?
4. 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?
5. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
Short Essay Questions
1. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?
2. What was the timetable for building a sarcophagus to entomb Reactor Number Four?
3. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?
4. What was the China Syndrome, and why was it a concern?
5. What was the problem with discovering what happened to the 180 tons of nuclear fuel from Unit Four?
6. In Chapter 11, what was a mysterious black carpet found in the banquet hall of the Hotel Polesia?
7. When did Mikhail Gorbachev finally address the explosion at Chernobyl?
8. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?
9. By 2 p.m. on Sunday, what did Swedish authorities conclude?
10. When did Valery Legasov present information about the Chernobyl accident and how accurate was the information he provided?
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
The cleanup efforts were described as Sisyphean. What work was required for the clean-up and why were those efforts described as Sisyphean?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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