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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 building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The World Trade Center.
(c) The White House.
(d) The U.S. Senate Chambers.

2. What location in Santa Fe did Klaus Fuchs choose for future meetings with Harry Gold in 1945?
(a) The Crosby Theatre.
(b) The Castillo Street Bridge.
(c) The Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.
(d) The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

3. What training site did Paul Tibbets choose to work on his strategy for dropping an atomic bomb in 1944?
(a) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(b) Wendover, Utah.
(c) Malvern, Nebraska.
(d) Juneau, Alaska.

4. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"
(a) "A beaver on a dam."
(b) "Two dogs in a boat."
(c) "Three pink elephants."
(d) "A tank rolling down the street."

5. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?
(a) Derek Curtis-Bennett and Paul Sachs.
(b) Ted Hall and Lewis Strauss.
(c) James Wilson and Peter Martin.
(d) Scott Miller and Richard Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

2. On what date did Harry Gold arrive in Santa Fe to meet with Klaus Fuchs?

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

4. How many barrels of heavy water were loaded onto the ferry to be transported from the Vemork plant when Haukelid rigged a bomb on the ferry?

5. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?

(see the answer key)

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