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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?
(a) 2,000 meters.
(b) 1,500 meters.
(c) 2,300 meters.
(d) 1,800 meters.

2. On what date was General Tarakanov summoned to a meeting by coded cipher in Chapter 16?
(a) September 3.
(b) September 24.
(c) September 16.
(d) September 9.

3. By the end of May, how many square kilometers of land had become dangerously contaminated?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 5,500.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 4,500.

4. How long could it take for transplanted bone marrow to become sufficiently well established in patients to begin producing blood components?
(a) 11 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 weeks or a month.
(d) 3 weeks or 2 months.

5. How much did every refugee from Pripyat receive from the Soviet Red Cross Society?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) 50 rubles.
(c) 150 rubles.
(d) 225 rubles.

6. 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?
(a) 5 meters high and 30 meters square.
(b) 4 meters high and 25 meters square.
(c) 6 meters high and 40 meters square.
(d) 8 meters high and 60 meters square.

7. At a press conference in Mowcow, how many transplant patients did Gale announce would probably die?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/3.

8. How many missions did Vladimir Usatenko complete inside Units Three and Four?
(a) 28.
(b) 26.
(c) 31.
(d) 33.

9. How fast could the specially manufactured trailers move when delivering the steel beam called the Mammoth?
(a) 6 kilometers per hour.
(b) 2 kilometers per hour.
(c) 4 kilometers per hour.
(d) 7 kilometers per hour.

10. On Tuesday, April 29, how many victims of the accident were hospitalized in Moscow?
(a) 150.
(b) About 300.
(c) 75.
(d) Almost 200.

11. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 7 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

12. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?
(a) 52.
(b) 61.
(c) 58.
(d) 49.

13. In 1986, how many voting members were there in the Politburo?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

14. How far did the government commission have to withdraw from Pripyat on April 29 because of the radiation levels there?
(a) 5 kilometers.
(b) 23 kilometers.
(c) 31 kilometers.
(d) 19 kilometers.

15. By November, how many tons of uranium from the reactor core was still missing?
(a) 180.
(b) 170.
(c) 155.
(d) 165.

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday, how many men and women from the nuclear plant were admitted to Hospital Number Six?

2. In Chapter 16, how high did the levels of radiation reach in Area M?

3. For how how many days did Tarakanov's men remove debris from the roofs of the reactors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.?

4. When did the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men accused of causing the disaster at Chernobyl begin?

5. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?

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