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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?
(a) Mrs. Phillips.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Meitner.
(d) Mrs. Brewer.

2. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?
(a) The A-36 Apache.
(b) The Grumman Goblin.
(c) The B-29 bomber.
(d) The Hawker Demon.

3. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) July 12, 1945.
(b) September 18, 1951.
(c) May 22, 1950.
(d) November 1, 1952.

4. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) Enrico Fermi.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) Robert Serber.

5. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?
(a) Joe Stevenson.
(b) Robert Serber.
(c) Harlan Fiske Stone.
(d) Bob Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?

2. Who was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1945?

3. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

4. What did the Potsdam Declaration demand of Japan?

5. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?

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