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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?
(a) Henry Tizard.
(b) Mark Oliphant.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) James Conant.

2. What does Oppenheimer and a group of scientists name the "Super"?
(a) The anticipated atomic bomb.
(b) The anticipated hydrogen bomb.
(c) The megatron accelerator.
(d) The new cyclotron.

3. When does Klaus Fuchs come to Los Alamos?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

4. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Groves.
(c) Stimson.
(d) Bush.

5. Who is the Chief of Security for Groves?
(a) Edward Jacobs.
(b) Howard von Alben.
(c) John Landsdale.
(d) John Robinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What English innovation does the author consider to be the most valuable in the war?

2. Who wi the pilot of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?

3. What is Alsos?

4. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?

5. Who replaces Oppenheimer as director at Los Alamos?

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