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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 informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Derek Curtis-Bennett.
(c) Scott Miller.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

2. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) The University of New York.
(d) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?
(a) 96.
(b) 180.
(c) 72.
(d) 92.

4. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Halifax Harbor, Canada.

5. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 59.
(b) 36.
(c) 53.
(d) 72.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the area from where William Laurence and the scientists observed the testing of the plutonium bomb?

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

3. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?

4. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?

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

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