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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) 131.
(b) 127.
(c) 148.
(d) 119.

2. When did a Soviet air force pilot shoot down a Korean Air jumbo jet?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1983.

3. How many tons could the Mi-26 carry in a single load?
(a) 15.
(b) Up to 20.
(c) 30.
(d) About 25.

4. At the end of Chapter 10, how far had the contamination from the plant spread?
(a) 17 kilometers.
(b) About 25 kilometers.
(c) 35 kilometers.
(d) As far as 30 kilometers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did fallout composed of 21 different radionuclides form a pattern of intense contamination from the plant?

2. When did the reactor of Unit One come back online?

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

4. How far did the government commission have to withdraw from Pripyat on April 29 because of the radiation levels there?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Ukrainian Minsitry of Health wish to cancel the May Day parade in Kiev, and why was it not canceled?

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

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

5. Why were theorectical physicists concerned about the threat of molten corium, and what solution did they propose?

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

7. When did Mikhail Gorbachev finally address the explosion at Chernobyl?

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

9. What invisible cloud of radiation came from the core and spread on the winds?

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

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