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

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

3. By what name did Dorothy McKibben's potential employer introduce himself when he interviewed with her at a Santa Fe hotel in March of 1943?
(a) Mr. Werner.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Bradley.
(d) Mr. Anderson.

4. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Korea.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

2. What location in Santa Fe did Klaus Fuchs choose for future meetings with Harry Gold in 1945?

3. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?

4. On what date did Harry Gold travel to Massachusetts to locate Klaus Fuchs's sister's home?

5. Where was Paul Tibbets ordered to go to meet with Air Force General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Dorothy McKibben? How did she gain employment on the Manhattan Project?

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

4. With whom was Carl Eifler replaced in the mission regarding Heisenberg? Why was he replaced?

5. What was Richard Feynman’s mission in Oak Ridge, Tennessee?

6. What questions did Harry Truman pose regarding the Manhattan Project in 1945?

7. What conflict arose regarding Jean Tatlock between Groves and the Army CIC?

8. How did the name “The Gadget” arise?

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

10. Where were the German scientists taken after the end of World War II in Europe?

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