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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 Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) September 1, 1945.
(b) February 21, 1945.
(c) December 18, 1944.
(d) April 12, 1945.

2. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) November 16, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) December 18, 1942.

3. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?
(a) May 22, 1942.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) September 18, 1942.
(d) June 19, 1942.

4. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 36.
(b) 72.
(c) 59.
(d) 53.

5. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?
(a) Joe Stevenson.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Henry Farmer.
(d) Henry Stimson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. Who flipped the switch that armed the plutonium bomb for testing in July of 1945?

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