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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 old was General Tarakanov in 1986?

2. When was the Mammoth beam finally lowered into place?

3. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?

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

5. When were Pravik and Kibenok's bodies buried in Mitino cemetery in the northwest suburbs of Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 11, what was a mysterious black carpet found in the banquet hall of the Hotel Polesia?

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

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

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

10. What happened when Brukhanov took time off to visit his wife and son in the Crimea?

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

An investigation into the causes of the nuclear accident was begun right away. How was the investigation conducted? Was it a fair and unbiased investigation?

Essay Topic 3

Valery Legasov and Evgeny Velikhov both work on a team in Chernobyl. Why were the men rivals? How did the competition between them affect their work in Chernoby?

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