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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?
(a) Lavrenti Beria.
(b) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup.
(d) Samuel Goudsmit.

3. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 16.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 5.

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

5. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) September, 1944.
(b) July, 1943.
(c) November, 1943.
(d) August, 1942.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How heavy was the bomb that Haukelid planted on the ferry that was to transport the heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 19 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 8 pounds.
(d) 14 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?

2. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?

3. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?

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

5. Whom did Oppenheimer ask to spread a rumor about "electric rockets" in Santa Fe to distract from the reality of what was happening at Los Alamos?

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