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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the dropping of the bombs, Leo Szilard leaves nuclear physics and goes into what field of study?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Medicine.

2. Where is Site X located?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Tennessee.

3. Who is the Chief of Security for Groves?
(a) John Landsdale.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Edward Jacobs.
(d) Howard von Alben.

4. When does President Roosevelt die?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) April 10, 1945.
(c) April 1, 1945.
(d) March 30, 1945.

5. When is the explosion of the first Russian atomic bomb?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1939, where is the only heavy water plant located?

2. In 1940, how long does the MAUD Committee think it takes its members to create an atomic weapon?

3. In what state is the Hanford facility located?

4. When does Niels Bohr escape from Stockholm to Scotland?

5. What is Operation Barbarossa?

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