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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?

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

3. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?

4. How heavy was the bomb that Haukelid planted on the ferry that was to transport the heavy water from the Vemork plant?

5. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was Dorothy McKibben? How did she gain employment on the Manhattan Project?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between uranium and plutonium weapons. What are the different types of weapons styles that were used in Fat Man and Little Boy? Why were these styles different based on their use of plutonium or uranium?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Richard Feynman’s role with the Manhattan Project. Why was Feynman considered a troublemaker? What assignment was he given in Oak Ridge, Tennessee? How did he go about fulfilling his objective?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the public perceptions of the site at Los Alamos. How did the people in the surrounding communities react to the influx of scientists and military personnel in the area? What rumors emerged? How did the government respond to these rumors?

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