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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?
(a) Lt. Colonel Robert Serber.
(b) Lt. Colonel John Wilson.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.

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

3. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?
(a) Colonel Boris Pash.
(b) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(c) Colonel John Wilson.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

4. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Haugesund, Norway.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) Grimstad, Norway.
(d) Rjukan, Norway.

5. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?

2. On what date did the Soviets test their first atomic bomb?

3. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

4. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?

5. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

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