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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. What ship carried the uranium for its trip to Tinian?
(a) The USS Manhattan.
(b) The USS Cleveland.
(c) The USS Indianapolis.
(d) The USS Pittsburgh.

2. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 33.
(d) 39.

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

4. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?
(a) Arne Kjelstrup.
(b) Samuel Goudsmit.
(c) Kurt Diebner.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

5. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?
(a) He was a professional basketball player.
(b) He was a professional football player.
(c) He was a professional baseball player.
(d) He was a psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?

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

5. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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