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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Norway.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Hungaria.

2. Who was the Army Chief of Staff in late 1943?
(a) General George Marshall.
(b) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.
(c) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

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

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

5. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?
(a) Alexander Feklisov.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does S.O.E. stand for?

2. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?

3. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?

4. Where was Carl Eifler reassigned by OSS director General William Donovan in late 1944?

5. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?

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