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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1940.

2. 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) "A beaver on a dam."
(c) "Three pink elephants."
(d) "Two dogs in a boat."

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

4. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?
(a) Passaic, New Jersey.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Hyde Park, New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the atomic number of uranium?

2. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

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

4. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

5. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the situation with the Vemork plant in February of 1943?

2. How is Knut Haukelid described in the narrative? Where was he trained?

3. How did Colonel Groves respond when his candidate for the leader of the Manhattan Project did not pass an army physical?

4. What was the name of the mission Haukelid and Poulsson set out on in February of 1943? How did they go about the mission?

5. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

6. How did the KGB feel about Robert Oppenheimer and his position at the Manhattan Project?

7. What led to Franklin Roosevelt’s discovery of German atomic research? Who wrote to the President and what was suggested?

8. Who was chosen to be the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project in 1942? What reservations were expressed regarding this individual?

9. How are Robert Oppenheimer’s childhood and education described in “Skinny Superhero”?

10. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?

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