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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On April 30, how many hours a day did army reservists pile sacks into parachute canopies and secure them to cargo hard points?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

3. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?
(a) Between 25 and 100 kilometers an hour.
(b) 75 kilometers an hour.
(c) Between 50 and 150 kilometers an hour.
(d) 125 kilometers an hour.

4. By the middle of the summer, how much concrete was being churned out every 24 hours by the Sredmash plants?
(a) 18,000 tons.
(b) 15,000 tons.
(c) 11,000 tons.
(d) 12,000 tons.

5. How many hours did it take the cloud of radiation to reach Scandinavia?
(a) 20.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.

6. When were refugees from Pripyat first allowed to return to their homes and salvage what they could?
(a) July 11.
(b) July 7.
(c) July 29.
(d) July 25.

7. On Wednesday evening, how many people did Radio Msocow admit had died and been hospitalized?
(a) 5 dead and 318 hospitalized.
(b) 3 dead and 150 hospitalized.
(c) 1 dead and 211 hospitalized.
(d) 2 dead and 197 hospitalized.

8. What did Valentina Brukhanov end up doing where she was billeted after being evacuated from Pripyat?
(a) Milking cows.
(b) Mucking barns.
(c) Baking.
(d) Quilting.

9. When was Dr. Angelina Guskova sent to Chelyabinsk-40 to treat soldiers and Gulag prisoners working in the plutonium factories of the Mayak Production Association?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1953.

10. How old was Guskova when she was appointed to the new radiation medicine clinic being established at the Institute of Biophysics in Moscow?
(a) 29.
(b) 33.
(c) 38.
(d) 36.

11. From how many designs would the design for the Sarcophagus project be chosen?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 10.

12. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?
(a) 22 rem.
(b) 20 rem.
(c) 30 rem.
(d) 25 rem.

13. How many stories tall was Hospital Number Six?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

14. By the end of the week, how many did the New York Post say had died in Ukraine from unconfirmed reports?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 11,000.

15. How many days did Vladimir Usatenko spend inside the zone at Chernobyl?
(a) 44.
(b) 26.
(c) 58.
(d) 39.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was General Tarakanov in 1986?

2. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?

3. Within the first 12 days after the accident, how many bone marrow operations did Alexander Baranov and Rober Gale conduct?

4. In Chapter 11 because of the secret nature of his mission, how long was it before Velikhov was able to call his wife?

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

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