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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.
(b) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(c) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.
(d) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.

2. What sentence did Klause Fuchs receive for passing the Soviets information about the atomic bomb?
(a) 14 years in prison.
(b) 50 years in prison.
(c) Life in prison.
(d) Execution.

3. How many barrels of heavy water were loaded onto the ferry to be transported from the Vemork plant when Haukelid rigged a bomb on the ferry?
(a) 70 barrels.
(b) 40 barrels.
(c) 50 barrels.
(d) 20 barrels.

4. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?
(a) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(b) Lavrenti Beria.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup.
(d) Samuel Goudsmit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

2. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?

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

4. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?

5. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

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