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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is Okinawa from the Japanese mainland?
(a) 140 miles.
(b) 340 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

2. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?
(a) Because its initial offices were in Manhattan.
(b) Because the first atomic tests were to be performed in Manhattan.
(c) Because Manhattan was the name of the man who developed the bomb.
(d) Because "Manhattan" was code for "bomb."

3. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?
(a) Mrs. Brewer.
(b) Mrs. Phillips.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Meitner.

4. What was the name of the area from where William Laurence and the scientists observed the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) Bathtub Row.
(b) St. Lawrence.
(c) Compana Hill.
(d) Trinity.

5. Where was Harry Truman a senator in early 1944?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

2. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?

3. Where was Knut Haukelid born?

4. What did Saville Sax use for invisible ink in his notes for the Soviets?

5. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?

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