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

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

3. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?
(a) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) General George Marshall.

4. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?
(a) Desert Row.
(b) Bathtub Row.
(c) Classroom row.
(d) Clubhouse Row.

5. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) August, 1942.
(b) September, 1944.
(c) November, 1943.
(d) July, 1943.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?

3. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?

4. How many barrels of heavy water were loaded onto the ferry to be transported from the Vemork plant when Haukelid rigged a bomb on the ferry?

5. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What efforts were made to thwart rumors about the Los Alamos site?

3. What was Dorothy McKibben’s job description at Los Alamos? What were her duties?

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

5. How and why did the plot to kidnap Werner Heisenberg arise?

6. How did the United States government respond to questions regarding the blast from the Trinity Test?

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

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

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

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

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