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

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

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

4. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?
(a) 100 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 45 miles away.
(d) 65 miles away.

5. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) June 19, 1942.
(c) September 18, 1942.
(d) May 22, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

2. What does the "OSS" stand for?

3. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

4. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

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

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