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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?
(a) Samuel Goudsmit.
(b) Ruth Werner.
(c) Anatoly Yatzkov.
(d) Hans Bethe.

2. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?
(a) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(b) General Brehon Somervell.
(c) Colonel John Wilson.
(d) Colonel Boris Pash.

3. How heavy was the bomb that Haukelid planted on the ferry that was to transport the heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 19 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 14 pounds.
(d) 8 pounds.

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

5. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) 6 miles away.
(b) 20 miles away.
(c) 2 miles away.
(d) 10 miles away.

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

7. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) The Hydro.
(b) The Vesper.
(c) The Tiger.
(d) The Phantom.

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

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

10. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 53.
(b) 36.
(c) 72.
(d) 59.

11. Whom did Oppenheimer ask to spread a rumor about "electric rockets" in Santa Fe to distract from the reality of what was happening at Los Alamos?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) Robert and Charlotte Serber.
(c) Joe and Sarah Stevenson.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

12. Who was the Army Counter-Intelligence officer that questioned Paul Tibbets before he met with General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?
(a) Colonel John Lansdale.
(b) Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Colonel Boris Pash.
(d) Major Robert Furman.

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

14. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?
(a) 33.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 51.

15. On what date did Harry Gold travel to Massachusetts to locate Klaus Fuchs's sister's home?
(a) February 21, 1945.
(b) October 8, 1943.
(c) December 18, 1944.
(d) June 19, 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?

2. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?

3. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?

4. Who invited William Laurence to attend the test shot of the plutonium bomb?

5. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?

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