2. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 2 1/2 minutes.
(c) 1 1/2 minutes.
(d) 3 minutes.

3. By 2 a.m. after the explosion, how many other fire brigades from all over Kiev raced to the plant?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

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

5. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?
(a) 16 to 28 seconds.
(b) 18 to 21 seconds.
(c) 15 to 30 seconds.
(d) 20 to 35 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?

2. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

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

4. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?

5. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?

(see the answer key)

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