Bomb Test | Final Test - Easy

Steve Sheinkin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bomb Test | Final Test - Easy

Steve Sheinkin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 130 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?
(a) Juneau, Alaska.
(b) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(c) Wendover, Utah.
(d) Malvern, Nebraska.

3. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?
(a) He was a psychiatrist.
(b) He was a professional football player.
(c) He was a professional basketball player.
(d) He was a professional baseball player.

4. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?
(a) Samuel Goudsmit.
(b) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Ruth Werner.

5. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?
(a) The explosive dump at the Alamogordo Air Base has blown up.
(b) There has been an attack by the Japanese on American soil.
(c) The Santa Fe railroad derailed and caused an oil leak.
(d) There was a power explosion at the central power agency for Albuquerque.

6. 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. Anderson.
(b) Mr. Werner.
(c) Mr. Bradley.
(d) Mr. Smith.

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

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

9. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?
(a) P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) P.O. Box 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) P.O. Box 212, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) P.O. Box 313, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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

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

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

13. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(d) Colonel Boris Pash.

14. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) April 15, 1943.
(b) September 18, 1942.
(c) November 16, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1943.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?

2. What location in Santa Fe did Klaus Fuchs choose for future meetings with Harry Gold in 1945?

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

4. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's former girlfriend whom he met in San Francisco on June 14, 1943?

5. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?

(see the answer keys)

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