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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 tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?

2. When was a statement finally issued by TASS regarding the accident at Chernobyl?

3. How long was the May Day parade supposed to have been in KIev?

4. How many stories tall was Hospital Number Six?

5. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What invisible cloud of radiation came from the core and spread on the winds?

4. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?

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

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

7. What was the China Syndrome, and why was it a concern?

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

9. 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?

10. What was the timetable for building a sarcophagus to entomb Reactor Number Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Gorbachov’s policy of glasnost was designed to provide more openness in reporting information, the Soviets frequently distorted the truth. How was propaganda used to place the Soviets in the best possible light when discussing the accident?

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

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

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