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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

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

3. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) John Wilson.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

5. From where did Poulsson's team order skis and boots prior to their mission at the Vemork power plant?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Canada.
(c) The United States.
(d) Switzerland.

6. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

7. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) July, 1941.
(b) September, 1933.
(c) February, 1934.
(d) March, 1932.

8. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Polio.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

9. What is the atomic number of uranium?
(a) 72.
(b) 180.
(c) 96.
(d) 92.

10. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?
(a) The University of Wisconsin.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Princeton University.

11. 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"?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

12. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?
(a) November 1, 1939.
(b) October 11, 1939.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) April 22, 1938.

13. 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) Henry Stimson.
(c) George Eltenton.
(d) Scott Miller.

14. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"
(a) "Three pink elephants."
(b) "A beaver on a dam."
(c) "A tank rolling down the street."
(d) "Two dogs in a boat."

15. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

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

3. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

4. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?

5. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

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