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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gatekeeper" – "Two Inside".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Knut Haukelid born?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Oslo, Norway.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

2. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?
(a) April 22, 1904.
(b) November 1, 1914.
(c) May 22, 1908.
(d) December 11, 1910.

3. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?
(a) March, 1943.
(b) February, 1944.
(c) July, 1944.
(d) September, 1944.

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

5. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) May 22, 1915.
(b) December 11, 1910.
(c) July 7, 1917.
(d) March 29, 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?

2. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

3. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

4. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

5. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

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