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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom did Harry Gold fall in love three years after WWII ended?
(a) Jean Tatlock.
(b) Lise Meitner.
(c) Melba Phillips.
(d) Mary Lanning.

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

4. Where did Ted Hall earn his PhD?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

5. Who accompanied the uranium as it was shipped toward the destination of Tinian?
(a) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash and General George Marshall.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer and Arne Kjelstrup.
(c) Major Robert Furman and Captain James Nolan.
(d) General Brehon Somervell and Colonel John Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname was Robert Oppenheimer given after the end of WWII?

2. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?

3. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?

4. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

5. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?

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