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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. How old was Paul Tibbets in the summer of 1944?

2. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?

3. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?

4. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?

5. How many workers were living in trailers around the erection of the secret plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, by early 1944?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effects of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. How many structures were damaged as a result of the blast? How many people were killed, both immediately and as a result of radiation poisoning? What impact did this attack have on the public’s perception of atomic weapons?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the development at Los Alamos. How many scientists resided at the compound that was built there? What resources were available for their research? Why was this location selected?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Colonel Paul Tibbets and how was he involved in the Manhattan Project? What was Tibbets’s history and skill level? What was the mission Tibbets was given?

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