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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 Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Missouri.

2. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 5.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 27.

3. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?
(a) P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) P.O. Box 212, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(c) P.O. Box 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) P.O. Box 313, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

4. 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 Grumman Goblin.
(c) The A-36 Apache.
(d) The B-29 bomber.

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

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. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's former girlfriend whom he met in San Francisco on June 14, 1943?

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

4. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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