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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) Robert Serber.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

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

3. What was the population of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1943?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 40,000.

4. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) Jens Poulsson.
(c) Richard Brennan.
(d) Arne Kjelstrup.

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

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

7. 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?
(a) Mr. Werner.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Anderson.
(d) Mr. Bradley.

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

9. What was the name of the estate in England where the German scientists were taken after the European war ended?
(a) Werner House.
(b) Farm Hall.
(c) Faulkner Hall.
(d) The Icehouse.

10. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?
(a) Desert Row.
(b) Clubhouse Row.
(c) Classroom row.
(d) Bathtub Row.

11. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?
(a) 1 out of 130.
(b) 1 out of 50.
(c) 1 out of 10.
(d) 1 out of 300.

12. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Illinois.

13. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?
(a) Cinder.
(b) Ella.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Chico.

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

15. Who invited William Laurence to attend the test shot of the plutonium bomb?
(a) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(b) General Brehon Somervell.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) General Leslie Groves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Samuel Goudsmit corner physicist Walther Bothe in February of 1945?

2. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?

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

4. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?

5. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?

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