1. How many children attended School Number Four in Pripyat in the 1980s?
(a) More than 2,000.
(b) About 1,100.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,750.

2. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) September 3, 1949.
(b) June 5, 1949.
(c) July 18, 1949.
(d) August 29, 1949.

3. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?
(a) 23.
(b) 11.
(c) 18.
(d) 32.

4. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) More than 30.
(b) 36.
(c) About 15.
(d) 28.

5. In 1956, how long did Igor Kurchatov believe it would take to create a network of giant nuclear power stations and produce 2 million kilowatts?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?

2. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?

3. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?

4. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?

5. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?

(see the answer key)

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