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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 mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?
(a) P.O. Box 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) P.O. Box 313, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(c) P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) P.O. Box 212, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2. Who was Japan's top atomic physicist during WWII?
(a) Torashiro Kawabe.
(b) Korechika Anami.
(c) Yoshio Nishina.
(d) Shigenori Togo.

3. What sentence did Harry Gold receive for Soviet espionage?
(a) 30 years in prison.
(b) 50 years in prison.
(c) 14 years in prison.
(d) Execution.

4. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 32.
(b) 24.
(c) 19.
(d) 29.

5. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?
(a) France.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Korea.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Japan's foreign minister in August of 1945?

2. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?

3. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?

4. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?

5. Who was the chief of intelligenge of Japan's army in August of 1945?

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