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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?
2. By Sunday, how many helicopters did General Antoshkin command?
3. How many roentgen per hour did Alexander Logachev report before 5 p.m. on Saturday after the accident?
4. What time did Vladimir Shashenok die at the hospital on Saturday?
5. When Volodin and his men passed over Chistogalovka in a helicopter, at what range was the radiometer stuck?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Vitali Sklyarov's position in 1986, and how did he attain that position?
2. What was the situation at the Chernobyl plant by 6:35 a.m. on April 26?
3. What was Alexander Esaulov's job in 1986?
4. What do Logachev and his crew see when at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station on April 26, 1986?
5. What was the emergency bunker like at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
6. Why was the turbine generator test on April 25, 1986, late in getting started?
7. What did Yuvchenko and Tregub find when they tried to manually turn on the taps of the emergency high-pressure cooland system aand food the reactor core with water?
8. How was the area cleaned up after a massive explosion occured inside the perimeter of Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957?
9. What was Pripyat?
10. Why was the name of Chernobyl used for the nuclear power plant in the Ukraine in 1970?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Higginbotham is the author of Midnight at Chernobyl. Is he a trustworthy narrator of the disaster?
Essay Topic 2
Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does Higginbotham use imagery to help readers imagine the disaster and the events he relates in Midnight at Chernobyl?
Essay Topic 3
Radiation is a source of energy. Using examples from Midnight in Chernobyl, why is radiation dangerous?
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