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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) Norway.
(b) Korea.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

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

3. 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 Tiger.
(c) The Phantom.
(d) The Vesper.

4. What did Saville Sax use for invisible ink in his notes for the Soviets?
(a) Honey.
(b) Milk.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Sulphuric acid.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?

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

4. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?

5. Who flipped the switch that armed the plutonium bomb for testing in July of 1945?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did the residents in the surrounding areas of Los Alamos react to the project there when it began?

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

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

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

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

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

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