1. On Saturday, how many tons of boric acid powder did Sklyarov order be sent from Rovno nuclear power station?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

2. 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?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. How many rose bushes did Brukhanov wanted planted in 1985?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 45,000.

4. How long had Leonid Toptunov been on the job when he prepared to pilot the shutdown at Chernobyl?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 months.

5. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?
(a) 5 tons of boron and 50 tons of sand.
(b) 20 tons of boron and 180 tons of sand.
(c) 15 tons of boron and 100 tons of sand.
(d) 10 tons of boron and 80 tons of sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a steam explosion happened and destroyed the rest of Unit Four and the other three reactors, how long might a large area of Europe be uninhabitable?

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

3. How many beds did Hospital Number Six have?

4. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?

5. How much did every refugee from Pripyat receive from the Soviet Red Cross Society?

(see the answer key)

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