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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. What hours was Colonel Lubomir Mimka working in Chapter 11?
(a) 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(b) 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(c) 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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

3. When did the Ukrainian people vote to declare independence from the USSR?
(a) February 1992.
(b) November 1991.
(c) January 1992.
(d) December 1991.

4. In the first three days, what was the most that one pilot returned from Reactor Number Four?
(a) 30 times.
(b) 10 to 15 times.
(c) 76 times.
(d) 50 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Where were Natalia Yuvchenko and her two-year-old son billeted after the evacuation from Pripyat?

4. If the melted fuel poisoned the drinking water, how many people would be affected?

5. In September, what became the official death toll of the nuclear accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. On July 25, how were busloads of Pripyat evacuees allowed to reclaim items from their apartments?

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

3. 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?

4. What was the death toll in September, and why did that become the offical death toll of the accident?

5. By 2 p.m. on Sunday, what did Swedish authorities conclude?

6. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?

7. What was the China Syndrome, and why was it a concern?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 16, how are General Tarakanov's men dressed to work on the roof above Unit Three?

9. What was the process of a bone marrow donation and transplant for the Toptunovas?

10. Where did Svetlanta Kirichenko and other members of the Pripyat city council set up an office?

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