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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. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
2. At the end of Chapter 12, what size chamber did theoreticians propose building under Unit Four designed to house a massive, purpose-built water-cooled heat exchanger?
3. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?
4. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?
5. How many pages of the report Legasov created on the disaster at Chernobyl were excised on the direct orders of Prime Minister Ryzhkov?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?
2. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?
3. 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?
4. By 2 p.m. on Sunday, what did Swedish authorities conclude?
5. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?
6. Who was the head of the Clinical Department of Hospital Number Six in Moscow, and what were her qualifications?
7. What was the problem with discovering what happened to the 180 tons of nuclear fuel from Unit Four?
8. What was the timetable for building a sarcophagus to entomb Reactor Number Four?
9. How were hundreds of tons of material dropped into the burning reactor every day in Chapter 11?
10. What was the death toll in September, and why did that become the offical death toll of the accident?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chernobyl power station used RBMK reactors. Why and how did design flaws in the RBMK lead to the catastrophe?
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
Valery Legasov and Evgeny Velikhov both work on a team in Chernobyl. Why were the men rivals? How did the competition between them affect their work in Chernoby?
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