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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) Paris.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Rome.
(d) Zurich.

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

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

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

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

6. What was the name of the area from where William Laurence and the scientists observed the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) Bathtub Row.
(b) Trinity.
(c) St. Lawrence.
(d) Compana Hill.

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

8. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) April 30, 1945.
(b) September 1, 1945.
(c) April 12, 1945.
(d) March 13, 1945.

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

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

11. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?
(a) 51.
(b) 33.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

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

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

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

15. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Joe Stevenson.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) George Eltenton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who accompanied the uranium as it was shipped toward the destination of Tinian?

3. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?

4. 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?

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

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