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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. By what name did Dorothy McKibben's potential employer introduce himself when he interviewed with her at a Santa Fe hotel in March of 1943?
(a) Mr. Werner.
(b) Mr. Bradley.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Anderson.

2. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?
(a) $700.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $500.

3. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?
(a) Lt. Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Lt. Colonel Robert Serber.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

4. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 27.
(d) 5.

5. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Joe Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?

2. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?

3. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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