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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. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) November 16, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) December 18, 1942.

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

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

4. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?
(a) November 1, 1937.
(b) December 11, 1938.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) April 22, 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?

2. Where was Knut Haukelid born?

3. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?

4. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?

5. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

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