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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 mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?
(a) P.O. Box 212, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) P.O. Box 313, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(c) P.O. Box 0, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(d) P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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

3. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?
(a) December 18, 1944.
(b) November 16, 1945.
(c) April 15, 1943.
(d) September 18, 1944.

4. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) March 13, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) April 30, 1945.
(d) September 1, 1945.

5. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) Zurich University.
(c) The University of Bristol.
(d) Oxford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?

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

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

4. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?

5. What ship carried the uranium for its trip to Tinian?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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