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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) November 16, 1942.
(b) April 15, 1943.
(c) September 18, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1943.

3. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?
(a) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(b) Samuel Goudsmit.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup.
(d) Lavrenti Beria.

4. What was the name of the area from where William Laurence and the scientists observed the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) Compana Hill.
(b) Bathtub Row.
(c) Trinity.
(d) St. Lawrence.

5. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Bob Wilson.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer.

6. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?
(a) Cultural Intelligence Corps.
(b) Central-Intelligence Corps.
(c) Counter-Intelligence Corps.
(d) Community Intelligence Cadets.

7. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?
(a) Samuel Goudsmit.
(b) Jens Poulsson.
(c) Robert Serber.
(d) Enrico Fermi.

8. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) The Quartz.
(b) La Fonda.
(c) Casa Lorena.
(d) The Four Seasons.

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

10. 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) 5.
(d) 16.

11. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?
(a) He was a psychiatrist.
(b) He was a professional football player.
(c) He was a professional baseball player.
(d) He was a professional basketball player.

12. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?
(a) February, 1944.
(b) July, 1944.
(c) September, 1944.
(d) March, 1943.

13. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?
(a) Harlan Fiske Stone.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Robert Serber.
(d) Joe Stevenson.

14. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?
(a) P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) P.O. Box 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) P.O. Box 313, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(d) P.O. Box 212, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

15. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) Joe Stevenson.
(d) Bob Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who flipped the switch that armed the plutonium bomb for testing in July of 1945?

2. What does the "OSS" stand for?

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

4. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?

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

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