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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the real name of the man that interviewed Dorothy McKibben for a job in Santa Fe in March of 1943?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) Bob Wilson.

2. Where was Paul Tibbets ordered to go to meet with Air Force General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?
(a) Santa Fe, New Mexico.
(b) Spokane, Washington.
(c) Colorado Springs, Colorado.
(d) Fort Bragg, California.

3. On what date did Harry Gold travel to Massachusetts to locate Klaus Fuchs's sister's home?
(a) December 18, 1944.
(b) February 21, 1945.
(c) October 8, 1943.
(d) June 19, 1944.

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

5. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?
(a) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(b) Laboratory Number 2.
(c) MI-5.
(d) Special Training School No. 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

2. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?

3. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?

4. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

5. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?

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