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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The U.S. Senate Chambers.
(d) The World Trade Center.

2. How much did Robert Oppenheimer weigh when he underwent an army physical prior to being appointed to the Manhattan Project?
(a) 150 pounds.
(b) 136 pounds.
(c) 115 pounds.
(d) 128 pounds.

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"?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

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

5. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) The University of New York.
(d) Harvard University.

6. What is the atomic number of uranium?
(a) 180.
(b) 72.
(c) 96.
(d) 92.

7. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?
(a) 36.
(b) 26.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

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

9. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) September 18, 1951.
(b) July 12, 1945.
(c) November 1, 1952.
(d) May 22, 1950.

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 500 and 1,000 pounds.
(b) Between 100 and 150 pounds.
(c) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.
(d) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.

11. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.
(b) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.
(c) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(d) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.

12. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Harvard University.

13. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?
(a) General Richard Brennan.
(b) General Lewis Strauss.
(c) General Scott Miller.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

14. 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 arm.
(b) He broke his arm climbing a fence.
(c) He shot himself in the foot.
(d) He almost drowned in a river.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

3. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

4. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?

5. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

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