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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Emilio Segre conduct his experiments on the rate of fission in uranium and plutonium?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Hanford.
(c) Los Alamos.
(d) Oak Ridge.

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

3. Who destroys the Norwegian heavy-water installation in February 1943?
(a) Russians.
(b) British.
(c) Americans.
(d) French.

4. Who says, "Welcome to Los Alamos, and who the devil are you?"
(a) Groves.
(b) Chadwick.
(c) Bohr.
(d) Oppenheimer.

5. Where is the Trinity test site?
(a) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(b) Alamogordo, New Mexico.
(c) Marshall Islands.
(d) Nevada desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Operation Forager take place?

2. Who is Averell Harriman?

3. What is the name of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?

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

5. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?

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