Trinity
Why is Lise Meitner not working on nuclear fission with her colleagues?
She is Jewish.
Where was the bomb dropped on Japan first?
Hiroshima
Nobody Owens
Who does Bod say is the only person he see who is not dancing?
Silas
Late in chapter 7, Huck has escaped from Pap's cabin. Name the island where Huck is now hiding.
Jackson's Island
Who was Leslie Groves?
He is the supervisor of the project.
What is M.A.D.?
Mutually Assured Destruction
What is Ms. Lupescu?
A Hound of God
What book did Bod borrow from Thackeray Porringer?
Robinson Crusoe
Tom Sawyer comes calling for Huckleberry to sneak out in the middle of the night. What animal does Tom pretend to be so that Huck will know to come down?
A cat
What mythological figure does Oppenheimer compare himself to in the first pages?
Prometheus
On August 8th, which country declared war on Japan?
Russia
What gift does Bod want to get for Liza?
A headstone
What country has Scarlett been living in?
Scotland
Huck wants to get information about his "death" and Jim's escape. What disguise does he wear as he goes back toward town?
A girl
Which two scientists assembled the world's first nuclear reactor under Stagg Field in Chicago?
Szilard and Fermi
What did they name the effects of gamma rays?
Disease X
Who brings Scarlett to the cemetery?
Scarlett's parents
Who is the last person Bod speaks to before leaving the graveyard?
Mrs. Owens
When Jim first sees Huck, why is he scared?
He thinks he sees a ghost.
More Japanese died from _____ than from Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Firebombs
Nagasaki was not the initial target for the second atomic bomb. What was the first?
Kokura
What does the Lady on the Grey want the cemetery residents to have?
She wants the dead to have charity.
Who is responsible for Bod finding himself in the back of the police car?
Mo
Toward the end of ch. 1, Huck is in his bedroom feeling lonely and scared. Something fell into the flame of his candle and burned, which he takes as a very bad sign. What was the thing that fell in the flame?
A spider