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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of Bristol.
(d) Zurich University.

2. What does the "OSS" stand for?
(a) Office of Systems Services.
(b) Office of Social Services.
(c) Office of Soviet Services.
(d) Office of Strategic Services.

3. How many Soviets had been killed in the war with Germany by July of 1945?
(a) 500,000.
(b) Over 30 million.
(c) Over 20 million.
(d) 150,000.

4. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?
(a) Hanford, Washington.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) Roswell, New Mexico.
(d) Malvern, Indiana.

5. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Lise Meitner.
(c) Klaus Fuchs.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

2. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?

3. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?

4. On what date did Klaus Fuchs confess to espionage for the Soviets?

5. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

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