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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
(a) General George Marshall.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Major Robert Furman.
(d) Colonel John Wilson.

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

3. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Marketplace.
(c) Trinity.
(d) Sub-Zero.

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

5. Who was the Army Counter-Intelligence officer that questioned Paul Tibbets before he met with General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Major Robert Furman.
(c) Colonel John Lansdale.
(d) Colonel Boris Pash.

6. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?
(a) April 15, 1943.
(b) December 18, 1944.
(c) November 16, 1945.
(d) September 18, 1944.

7. What ship carried the uranium for its trip to Tinian?
(a) The USS Indianapolis.
(b) The USS Manhattan.
(c) The USS Pittsburgh.
(d) The USS Cleveland.

8. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?
(a) Harlan Fiske Stone.
(b) Joe Stevenson.
(c) Robert Serber.
(d) Bob Wilson.

9. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?
(a) Arne Kjelstrup's.
(b) Hans Bethe's.
(c) Jens Poulsson's.
(d) Robert Serber's.

10. Where was Paul Tibbets ordered to go to meet with Air Force General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?
(a) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) Colorado Springs, Colorado.
(c) Fort Bragg, California.
(d) Spokane, Washington.

11. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) La Fonda.
(b) The Quartz.
(c) The Four Seasons.
(d) Casa Lorena.

12. Who accompanied the uranium as it was shipped toward the destination of Tinian?
(a) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash and General George Marshall.
(b) General Brehon Somervell and Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Major Robert Furman and Captain James Nolan.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer and Arne Kjelstrup.

13. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?
(a) Robert Serber.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) Samuel Goudsmit.

14. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?
(a) Hanford, Washington.
(b) Malvern, Indiana.
(c) Reno, Nevada.
(d) Roswell, New Mexico.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?

2. On what date did Harry Gold travel to Massachusetts to locate Klaus Fuchs's sister's home?

3. By what name did Dorothy McKibben's potential employer introduce himself when he interviewed with her at a Santa Fe hotel in March of 1943?

4. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?

5. Whom did Oppenheimer ask to spread a rumor about "electric rockets" in Santa Fe to distract from the reality of what was happening at Los Alamos?

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