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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?
(a) Canada.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Norway.

2. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) Halifax Harbor, Canada.
(d) Paris, France.

3. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1942.

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

5. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?
(a) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of New York.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

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

7. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 39.
(b) 29.
(c) 51.
(d) 46.

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

9. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Norway.
(b) Hungaria.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Switzerland.

10. What does S.O.E. stand for?
(a) Selective Operations Establishment.
(b) Special Operations Executive.
(c) Special Ordinance Elective.
(d) Secret Operations Entity.

11. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?
(a) November 1, 1937.
(b) April 22, 1940.
(c) December 11, 1938.
(d) September 1, 1939.

12. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Labor Party.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The Democratic Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

13. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Canada.
(d) Norway.

14. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?
(a) John Wilson.
(b) Scott Miller.
(c) George Eltenton.
(d) Henry Stimson.

15. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?
(a) Scott Miller.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

2. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?

3. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

5. When General Groves first met with the Uranium Committee members in Chicago, how much uranium did they tell him it would take to make an atomic bomb?

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