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

2. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?
(a) Roswell, New Mexico.
(b) Malvern, Indiana.
(c) Reno, Nevada.
(d) Hanford, Washington.

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

4. How old was Moe Berg when he was assigned the Heisenberg kidnapping mission?
(a) 50.
(b) 29.
(c) 41.
(d) 33.

5. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) London, England.
(c) Potsdam, Germany.
(d) Zurich, Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?

2. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?

3. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?

4. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?

5. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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