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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Oppenheimer ask to spread a rumor about "electric rockets" in Santa Fe to distract from the reality of what was happening at Los Alamos?
(a) Joe and Sarah Stevenson.
(b) Robert and Charlotte Serber.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

2. How old was Paul Tibbets in the summer of 1944?
(a) 35.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 29.

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

4. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?
(a) John Wilson.
(b) Scott Miller.
(c) George Eltenton.
(d) Henry Stimson.

5. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Trinity.
(c) Sub-Zero.
(d) Marketplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

2. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?

4. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?

5. On what date did Harry Gold travel to Massachusetts to locate Klaus Fuchs's sister's home?

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