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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?
(a) The 109th Composite Group.
(b) The 509th Composite Group.
(c) The 219th Composite Group.
(d) The 49th Air Brigade.

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

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

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

11. 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) Joe Stevenson.
(d) Robert Serber.

12. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
(a) General George Marshall.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Colonel John Wilson.
(d) Major Robert Furman.

13. 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) 70 barrels.
(b) 20 barrels.
(c) 40 barrels.
(d) 50 barrels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?

2. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?

3. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?

4. How heavy was the bomb that Haukelid planted on the ferry that was to transport the heavy water from the Vemork plant?

5. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?

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