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

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

3. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?
(a) May 22, 1942.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) June 19, 1942.
(d) September 18, 1942.

4. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

5. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?
(a) John Wilson.
(b) Scott Miller.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) George Eltenton.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

2. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?

3. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?

4. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

5. Where did Harry Truman meet Joseph Stalin for the first time?

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