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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Saville Sax use for invisible ink in his notes for the Soviets?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Sulphuric acid.
(c) Milk.
(d) Honey.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?
(a) Lt. Colonel Robert Serber.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Lt. Colonel John Wilson.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

8. How old was Moe Berg when he was assigned the Heisenberg kidnapping mission?
(a) 29.
(b) 50.
(c) 41.
(d) 33.

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

10. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) 20 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 6 miles away.
(d) 2 miles away.

11. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Zurich University.
(c) The University of Bristol.
(d) Cambridge University.

12. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?
(a) Norway.
(b) Korea.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

13. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?
(a) 340 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 140 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?

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

3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

4. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?

5. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?

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