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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?

2. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?

3. Who accompanied the uranium as it was shipped toward the destination of Tinian?

4. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

5. What was the population of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1943?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Oppenheimer expect to happen to the Manhattan Project after Germany’s surrender? Was he correct?

2. How did Colonel Carl Eifler respond to his mission regarding Heisenberg?

3. Why was Colonel Paul Tibbets ordered to report to Colorado Springs in the summer of 1944?

4. How did the residents in the surrounding areas of Los Alamos react to the project there when it began?

5. Who was William Laurence? Why was he in attendance at the Trinity Test?

6. What information was passed to the KGB via Ted Hall and Saville Sax in December of 1944?

7. How did the Alsos mission evolve after Nazi Germany’s surrender?

8. How were the water barrels being transported from the Vemork plant in February of 1944? What was Haukelid’s mission?

9. How is the death of President Franklin Roosevelt described in “Falling Stars”?

10. What was the objective of the Alsos mission with Heisenberg?

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