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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reaction Begins" – "Epilogue".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?
(a) 39.
(b) 50.
(c) 33.
(d) 45.

2. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Ruth Werner.
(c) Melba Phillips.
(d) Sarah Williams.

3. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1950.

4. What ship carried the uranium for its trip to Tinian?
(a) The USS Pittsburgh.
(b) The USS Cleveland.
(c) The USS Indianapolis.
(d) The USS Manhattan.

5. Who recruited David Greenglass to spy for the Soviets?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
(c) Ted Hall.
(d) Richard Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lona Cohen smuggle Hall's notes and blueprints within when she boarded a train from New Mexico?

2. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

3. Who was the chief of intelligenge of Japan's army in August of 1945?

4. What type of plane carried the bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?

5. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?

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