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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?
(a) 12 years of evidence.
(b) 4 years of evidence.
(c) 20 years of evidence.
(d) 17 years of evidence.

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

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

4. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?
(a) He shot himself in the foot.
(b) He shot himself in the arm.
(c) He almost drowned in a river.
(d) He broke his arm climbing a fence.

5. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"
(a) "A tank rolling down the street."
(b) "Three pink elephants."
(c) "Two dogs in a boat."
(d) "A beaver on a dam."

6. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 51.
(b) 29.
(c) 39.
(d) 46.

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

8. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Haugesund, Norway.
(b) Rjukan, Norway.
(c) Grimstad, Norway.
(d) Zurich, Switzerland.

9. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 29.
(d) 24.

10. When General Groves first met with the Uranium Committee members in Chicago, how much uranium did they tell him it would take to make an atomic bomb?
(a) Between 100 and 150 pounds.
(b) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.
(c) Between 500 and 1,000 pounds.
(d) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.

11. From where did Poulsson's team order skis and boots prior to their mission at the Vemork power plant?
(a) The United States.
(b) Canada.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Switzerland.

12. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Canada.
(d) Norway.

13. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland.
(b) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(c) Halifax Harbor, Canada.
(d) Paris, France.

14. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?
(a) June 19, 1942.
(b) December 11, 1941.
(c) October 21, 1939.
(d) May 22, 1943.

15. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?

2. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?

4. 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"?

5. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

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