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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) John Wilson.
(c) George Eltenton.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

3. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) March 29, 1908.
(b) July 7, 1917.
(c) May 22, 1915.
(d) December 11, 1910.

4. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?
(a) November 1, 1914.
(b) May 22, 1908.
(c) April 22, 1904.
(d) December 11, 1910.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invited William Laurence to attend the test shot of the plutonium bomb?

2. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?

3. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

4. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?

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

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