1. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) Special Training School No. 3.
(b) MI-5.
(c) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(d) Werner Underground Training Facility.

2. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 72.
(b) 36.
(c) 59.
(d) 53.

4. How many barrels of heavy water were loaded onto the ferry to be transported from the Vemork plant when Haukelid rigged a bomb on the ferry?
(a) 20 barrels.
(b) 40 barrels.
(c) 70 barrels.
(d) 50 barrels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?

3. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

4. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?

5. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?

(see the answer key)

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