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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?
(a) September, 1944.
(b) July, 1944.
(c) March, 1943.
(d) February, 1944.

2. Who invited William Laurence to attend the test shot of the plutonium bomb?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) General Brehon Somervell.
(c) General Leslie Groves.
(d) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.

3. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?
(a) France.
(b) Korea.
(c) Norway.
(d) Scotland.

4. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?
(a) Robert Serber.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Samuel Goudsmit.
(d) Jens Poulsson.

5. What was the name of the estate in England where the German scientists were taken after the European war ended?
(a) Faulkner Hall.
(b) Werner House.
(c) Farm Hall.
(d) The Icehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?

2. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

3. How many barrels of heavy water were loaded onto the ferry to be transported from the Vemork plant when Haukelid rigged a bomb on the ferry?

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

5. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"

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