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

2. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?
(a) The Hawker Demon.
(b) The A-36 Apache.
(c) The B-29 bomber.
(d) The Grumman Goblin.

3. What location in Santa Fe did Klaus Fuchs choose for future meetings with Harry Gold in 1945?
(a) The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.
(b) The Crosby Theatre.
(c) The Castillo Street Bridge.
(d) The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

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

5. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) September 1, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) April 30, 1945.
(d) March 13, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?

3. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?

4. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?

5. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Theodore Hall? How did Hall become involved in the Manhattan Project?

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

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

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

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

7. How are the results of the Trinity Test described in the narrative?

8. What preparations were made prior to the testing of the first nuclear weapon?

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

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

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