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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When an Army Medical Corps radiologist wore experimental clothing and stepped onto the rooftop in Area M, how much radiation did he absorb in 1 minute and 13 seconds?
(a) 12 rem.
(b) 17 rem.
(c) 15 rem.
(d) 10 rem.

2. On Tuesday night in the Ukrainian cities of Rovno and Zhitomir, more than 100 kilometers away, how much did the levels of background radiation increase?
(a) 20 times.
(b) 30 times.
(c) 25 times.
(d) 35 times.

3. In September, what became the official death toll of the nuclear accident?
(a) 31.
(b) 46.
(c) 67.
(d) 58.

4. When did Gorbachev finally appear on TV to address the nuclear accident in public?
(a) May 21.
(b) May 19.
(c) May 14.
(d) May 15.

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

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

7. How many tons of topsoil would have had to be removed and buried as nuclear waste to truly decontaminate the Pripyat marshes?
(a) 125 million.
(b) 600 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 750 million.

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

9. When was Guskova in Mayak to give emergency aid to the victims of the USSR's firs nuclear disaster?
(a) July 1957.
(b) October 1957.
(c) August 1957.
(d) September 1957.

10. How many rem was it estimated that Andrei Tormozin received, but he still made a complete recovery eventually?
(a) About 580.
(b) Almost 1,000.
(c) 640.
(d) 790.

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

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

13. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?
(a) 300 degrees centigrade.
(b) 500 degrees centigrade.
(c) 750 degrees centigrade.
(d) 800 degrees centigrade.

14. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?
(a) October 9.
(b) October 14.
(c) October 28.
(d) October 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

2. What hours were members of the government commission working in Chapter 11?

3. How much of an exposure limit did General Antoshkin impose for his men who were dropping material into the burning reactor?

4. How long was the May Day parade supposed to have been in KIev?

5. When was the Mammoth beam finally lowered into place?

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