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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?
(a) 33.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 51.

2. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) April 15, 1943.
(b) September 18, 1942.
(c) November 16, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1943.

3. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?
(a) Juneau, Alaska.
(b) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(c) Malvern, Nebraska.
(d) Wendover, Utah.

4. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

5. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) Paris.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Rome.
(d) Zurich.

6. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?
(a) He was a professional baseball player.
(b) He was a professional basketball player.
(c) He was a professional football player.
(d) He was a psychiatrist.

7. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $700.

8. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?
(a) London, England.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Potsdam, Germany.

9. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) Richard Brennan.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) Arne Kjelstrup.

10. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 27.
(b) 19.
(c) 5.
(d) 16.

11. How heavy was the bomb that Haukelid planted on the ferry that was to transport the heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 19 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 8 pounds.
(d) 14 pounds.

12. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) Joe Stevenson.
(c) Bob Wilson.
(d) Henry Farmer.

13. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) General George Marshall.
(c) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(d) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.

14. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Joe Stevenson.
(d) George Eltenton.

15. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) July, 1943.
(b) August, 1942.
(c) November, 1943.
(d) September, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Paul Tibbets ordered to go to meet with Air Force General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?

2. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's former girlfriend whom he met in San Francisco on June 14, 1943?

3. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?

4. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?

5. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

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