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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 was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Lt. Colonel Robert Serber.
(d) Lt. Colonel John Wilson.

2. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?
(a) He shot himself in the arm.
(b) He almost drowned in a river.
(c) He broke his arm climbing a fence.
(d) He shot himself in the foot.

3. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?
(a) December 18, 1944.
(b) November 16, 1945.
(c) September 18, 1944.
(d) April 15, 1943.

4. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?
(a) 26.
(b) 41.
(c) 36.
(d) 32.

5. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) 2 miles away.
(b) 20 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 6 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?

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

3. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?

4. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

5. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?

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