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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 Ted Hall work after leaving the U.S. in 1962?
(a) Special Training School No. 3.
(b) The University of Bristol.
(c) Zurich University.
(d) Cambridge University.

2. How many workers were living in trailers around the erection of the secret plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by early 1944?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 80,000.

3. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?
(a) February, 1944.
(b) March, 1943.
(c) September, 1944.
(d) July, 1944.

4. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?
(a) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(b) General George Marshall.
(c) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

5. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 36.
(b) 59.
(c) 72.
(d) 53.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?

2. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?

3. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer officially resign as the director of Los Alamos?

4. What sentence did Klause Fuchs receive for passing the Soviets information about the atomic bomb?

5. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?

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