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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) Special Training School No. 3.
(b) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(c) MI-5.
(d) Werner Underground Training Facility.

3. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?
(a) Leaves of Grass.
(b) Idylls of the King.
(c) Canterbury Tales.
(d) Prufrock and Other Observations.

4. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?
(a) Because "Manhattan" was code for "bomb."
(b) Because its initial offices were in Manhattan.
(c) Because the first atomic tests were to be performed in Manhattan.
(d) Because Manhattan was the name of the man who developed the bomb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the estate in England where the German scientists were taken after the European war ended?

2. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?

3. What does S.O.E. stand for?

4. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?

5. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?

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