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Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. Who figures out that uranium fission can form the basis for an atomic bomb?
2. Who sends a letter to President Roosevelt warning that Germany is trying to make an atom bomb?
3. What event gets the US into World War II?
4. What is the code name for Oppenheimer’s project to build an atom bomb?
5. Whom does Norwegian anti-Nazi resistance fighter Knut Haukelid try to kidnap?
6. What US agency frustrates Soviet attempts to steal US atomic bomb plans?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What makes Robert Oppenheimer eager to help the American atomic bomb project?
2. Why does Harry Gold decide to smuggle American industrial secrets to the Soviets?
3. Why does the Soviet Union decide to steal atomic bomb plans from the US?
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