Midnight in Chernobyl Test | Final Test - Medium

Adam Higginbotham
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Midnight in Chernobyl Test | Final Test - Medium

Adam Higginbotham
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many new dams and filters were built in an attempt to trap contaminated water before it could reach the Pripyat river?
(a) 119.
(b) 131.
(c) 127.
(d) 148.

2. 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?
(a) 500 years.
(b) 250 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 75 years.

3. 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) 19 kilometers.
(d) 31 kilometers.

4. On June 5, how long did Gorbachev give Slavsky and his men to complete the sarcophagus around Unit Four?
(a) 3 years.
(b) Until November.
(c) 2 years.
(d) Until September.

5. By the end of the first week, how many bone marrow transplants did Dr. Alexander Baranov, head of Hospital Number Six's hematology department oversee?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?

2. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?

3. At a press conference in Mowcow, how many transplant patients did Gale announce would probably die?

4. How long did General Pikalov believe it would take for the decontamination work?

5. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the timetable for building a sarcophagus to entomb Reactor Number Four?

2. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?

3. What did U.S. intelligence know about the events at the Chernobyl plant in Chapter 12?

4. How were hundreds of tons of material dropped into the burning reactor every day in Chapter 11?

5. What was the problem with discovering what happened to the 180 tons of nuclear fuel from Unit Four?

6. When did Valery Legasov present information about the Chernobyl accident and how accurate was the information he provided?

7. Why did Alexander Meshkov conclude that the accident was due to operator error?

8. Who was the head of the Clinical Department of Hospital Number Six in Moscow, and what were her qualifications?

9. What were the charages against Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men who stood accused of causing the disaster at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station?

10. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?

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