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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 many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?
(a) 4 years of evidence.
(b) 12 years of evidence.
(c) 20 years of evidence.
(d) 17 years of evidence.

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

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

4. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?
(a) The Santa Fe railroad derailed and caused an oil leak.
(b) There has been an attack by the Japanese on American soil.
(c) The explosive dump at the Alamogordo Air Base has blown up.
(d) There was a power explosion at the central power agency for Albuquerque.

5. Who did Peter Ivanov send to talk to Robert Oppenheimer and feel out his Communist sensibilities at Berkeley?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Jens Poulsson.
(c) George Eltenton.
(d) Richard Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?

2. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?

3. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?

4. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

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