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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gatekeeper" – "Two Inside".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) "Secret war."
(b) "Ghost war."
(c) "Lighting war."
(d) "Atomic war."

3. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?
(a) Scott Miller.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

4. Where was Knut Haukelid born?
(a) Oslo, Norway.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

5. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Derek Curtis-Bennett.
(c) Scott Miller.
(d) Richard Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?

2. How many workers were living in trailers around the erection of the secret plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by early 1944?

3. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

5. What does S.O.E. stand for?

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