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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?
(a) November 1943.
(b) January 1944.
(c) January 1943.
(d) June 1943.

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

3. In 1939, where is the only heavy water plant located?
(a) Norway.
(b) Germany.
(c) United States.
(d) England.

4. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) The hydrogen bomb.
(c) A mass spectrometer.
(d) Radar.

5. The day after Nagasaki is bombed, where does Ernest Lawrence go?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Japan.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is assigned to find the Trinity test site?

2. Who destroys the Norwegian heavy-water installation in February 1943?

3. Who is Captain William S. Parsons?

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

5. Who says, "I'll tell you what war is about. You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough, they stop fighting."

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