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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) March 13, 1945.
(c) September 1, 1945.
(d) April 30, 1945.

2. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) February 21, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) September 1, 1945.
(d) December 18, 1944.

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

4. How old was Paul Tibbets in the summer of 1944?
(a) 35.
(b) 29.
(c) 31.
(d) 26.

5. What does the "OSS" stand for?
(a) Office of Systems Services.
(b) Office of Social Services.
(c) Office of Strategic Services.
(d) Office of Soviet Services.

6. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Jens Poulsson.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup.
(d) Klaus Fuchs.

7. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?
(a) Chico.
(b) Cinder.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Ella.

8. Who invited William Laurence to attend the test shot of the plutonium bomb?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) General Leslie Groves.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.

9. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?
(a) Malvern, Indiana.
(b) Roswell, New Mexico.
(c) Hanford, Washington.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

10. Where did Samuel Goudsmit corner physicist Walther Bothe in February of 1945?
(a) Dresden, Germany.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Heidelbrg, Germany.

11. What was the name of the estate in England where the German scientists were taken after the European war ended?
(a) Werner House.
(b) Farm Hall.
(c) Faulkner Hall.
(d) The Icehouse.

12. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) Paris.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Rome.

13. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $700.
(d) $500.

14. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?
(a) The University of Bristol.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Zurich University.

15. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?

2. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?

3. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?

4. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?

5. What did Saville Sax use for invisible ink in his notes for the Soviets?

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