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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 did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) December 18, 1944.
(b) September 1, 1945.
(c) February 21, 1945.
(d) April 12, 1945.
2. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) The Quartz.
(b) The Four Seasons.
(c) Casa Lorena.
(d) La Fonda.
3. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?
(a) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(b) General George Marshall.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
4. 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.
5. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?
(a) 140 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 340 miles.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?
2. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?
3. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?
4. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
5. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the death of President Franklin Roosevelt described in “Falling Stars”?
2. What questions did Harry Truman pose regarding the Manhattan Project in 1945?
3. What was Dorothy McKibben’s job description at Los Alamos? What were her duties?
4. What preparations were made prior to the testing of the first nuclear weapon?
5. How and why did the plot to kidnap Werner Heisenberg arise?
6. What was the objective of the Alsos mission with Heisenberg?
7. What efforts were made to thwart rumors about the Los Alamos site?
8. How did Colonel Carl Eifler respond to his mission regarding Heisenberg?
9. How were the water barrels being transported from the Vemork plant in February of 1944? What was Haukelid’s mission?
10. Who was Dorothy McKibben? How did she gain employment on the Manhattan Project?
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