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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?
(a) The Grumman Goblin.
(b) The Hawker Demon.
(c) The A-36 Apache.
(d) The B-29 bomber.

3. Who flipped the switch that armed the plutonium bomb for testing in July of 1945?
(a) Hans Bethe.
(b) Kenneth Bainbridge.
(c) Robert Serber.
(d) Alexander Feklisov.

4. 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?
(a) Robert and Charlotte Serber.
(b) Joe and Sarah Stevenson.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

5. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?
(a) 50.
(b) 39.
(c) 45.
(d) 33.

6. How many workers were living in trailers around the erection of the secret plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by early 1944?
(a) 80,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 100,000.

7. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) The Vesper.
(b) The Tiger.
(c) The Phantom.
(d) The Hydro.

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

9. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?
(a) Kurt Diebner.
(b) Arne Kjelstrup.
(c) Samuel Goudsmit.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

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

11. 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) 70 barrels.
(c) 40 barrels.
(d) 50 barrels.

12. How old was Paul Tibbets in the summer of 1944?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 35.

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

14. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?
(a) Leaves of Grass.
(b) Canterbury Tales.
(c) Idylls of the King.
(d) Prufrock and Other Observations.

15. 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) 19 pounds.
(c) 14 pounds.
(d) 30 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?

2. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?

3. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?

4. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?

5. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?

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