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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 rem was it estimated that Andrei Tormozin received, but he still made a complete recovery eventually?
2. How many men worked on the roof removing debris on Tarakanov's team of bio-robots?
3. How many missions did Vladimir Usatenko complete inside Units Three and Four?
4. 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?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. On July 25, how were busloads of Pripyat evacuees allowed to reclaim items from their apartments?
2. By 2 p.m. on Sunday, what did Swedish authorities conclude?
3. When did Mikhail Gorbachev finally address the explosion at Chernobyl?
4. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?
5. What did Maria Protsenko finally learn about the possibility of returning to Pripyat?
6. What happened when Brukhanov took time off to visit his wife and son in the Crimea?
7. Why did Alexander Meshkov conclude that the accident was due to operator error?
8. What was the death toll in September, and why did that become the offical death toll of the accident?
9. Why did the Ukrainian Minsitry of Health wish to cancel the May Day parade in Kiev, and why was it not canceled?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The cleanup efforts were described as Sisyphean. What work was required for the clean-up and why were those efforts described as Sisyphean?
Essay Topic 2
About 2,500 tons of graphite blocks caught on fire in Reactor Number Four. What were the challenges in extinguishing the fire, and why was it so difficult to put it out?
Essay Topic 3
While the fire raged at the nuclear plant, the citizens of Pripyat enjoyed a typical Saturday. How does the way that Higgenbotham compares the frantic situation at the nuclear plant to citizens enjoying a typical Saturday demonstrate the seriousness of the tragedy?
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