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

2. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?
(a) $700.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $5,000.

3. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) La Fonda.
(b) Casa Lorena.
(c) The Quartz.
(d) The Four Seasons.

4. What aircraft was Paul Tibbets helping the U.S. develop as a test pilot in the summer of 1944?
(a) The B-29 bomber.
(b) The Hawker Demon.
(c) The Grumman Goblin.
(d) The A-36 Apache.

5. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) The Vesper.
(b) The Tiger.
(c) The Phantom.
(d) The Hydro.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?

4. Where did Samuel Goudsmit corner physicist Walther Bothe in February of 1945?

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

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