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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does RBI stand for?
(a) Run batted in.
(b) Runs by inning.
(c) Robbed by infielder.
(d) Really bad injury.

2. Where was Moe Berg sent after returning from Paris when the coaches saw his batting had not improved?
(a) Back to college.
(b) To the batting cages.
(c) Home.
(d) The minors.

3. What kind of movie camera did Moe Berg take with him on his second trip to Japan?
(a) 16mm Victor model 3.
(b) 16mm Kodak model E.
(c) 16mm Jeystone A-12.
(d) 16mm Bell and Howell.

4. On his second Japan trip, Moe Berg convinced Babe Ruth that he learned Japanese in what amount of time?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. From what high school did Moe Berg graduate?
(a) Beaufort High School.
(b) Barringer High School.
(c) Bradford High School.
(d) Bellmont High School.

6. How many hits did Moe Berg have in the 1931 season?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

7. In what year did Moe Berg begin playing professional baseball?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

8. Moe Berg ended up getting into only how many games in the entire 1930 season?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

9. When did Moe Berg return to the United States from Paris in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1926.

10. What was a spy organization begun at the beginning of World War II to gather intelligence in the same manner as England's MI-6?
(a) SHS.
(b) SHO.
(c) OHS.
(d) OSS.

11. To what team was Moe Berg loaned in the second half of the season in 1924, where he shone on a losing team?
(a) The Little Rock Travelers.
(b) The Washington Senators.
(c) The Toledo Mud Hens.
(d) The Minneapolis Millers.

12. Who picked up Berg in 1931 when Chicago put him on waivers?
(a) The New York Yankees.
(b) The Brooklyn Dodgers.
(c) The Cleveland Indians.
(d) The Milwaukee Brewers.

13. While the rest of the team was playing in Omiya, Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital where during his second trip in Japan?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Tsukiji.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Hiroshima.

14. What was Moe Berg's batting average at the end of the season of 1933?
(a) .299.
(b) .185.
(c) .219.
(d) .253.

15. What antiquarian bookshop owner thought Moe Berg was a fraud in the Prologue?
(a) Otto Hahn.
(b) George Allen.
(c) Linda McCarthy.
(d) Roy Spencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the official list of players who are eligible to play in a given game and to be included on the lineup card for that game in baseball?

2. In 1925, Moe played so well that the Chicago Cubs wanted him, but what team had an option on him that they quickly exercised?

3. What U.S. President established the military order of the Office of Strategic Services?

4. In 1926, Moe informed his team that he would not be able to join them until two months into the season because he needed to do what?

5. When was Babe Ruth born?

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