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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) September, 1933.
(b) February, 1934.
(c) July, 1941.
(d) March, 1932.

2. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) Special Training School No. 3.
(b) MI-5.
(c) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(d) Werner Underground Training Facility.

3. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Labor Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Democratic Party.

4. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?
(a) October 11, 1939.
(b) April 22, 1938.
(c) November 1, 1939.
(d) September 1, 1939.

5. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) July 7, 1917.
(b) March 29, 1908.
(c) May 22, 1915.
(d) December 11, 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

2. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

3. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?

4. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

5. What is the atomic number of uranium?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?

2. What was the situation with the Vemork plant in February of 1943?

3. What led the Soviets to believe that the United States was making progress toward atomic weaponry, according to the author in “Enormoz”?

4. How did Colonel Groves respond when his candidate for the leader of the Manhattan Project did not pass an army physical?

5. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

6. What were the results of Enrico Fermi’s experiments at the University of Chicago?

7. Who were Zalmond Franklin and Clarence Hiskey and how did they contribute to Soviet espionage?

8. How would you describe Robert Oppenheimer’s loyalty to the U.S. in his work for the Manhattan Project?

9. What was the first mission that Haukelid and Poulsson were assigned after training?

10. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?

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