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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Moe Berg grow up after the age of three?
(a) Newark, NJ.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Buffalo, NY.

2. The Office of Strategic Services was established by a Presidential military order in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1946.

3. From what village in the Ukraine was Bernard Berg?
(a) Kippinya.
(b) Kharkiv.
(c) Zaporizhia.
(d) Dnipropetrovsk.

4. Part of the reason Moe was a quiet student in college was an underlying prejudice against what that existed at the school at the time?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians.
(d) Mormons.

5. Where was Moe Berg born?
(a) Portland, ME.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Columbus, OH.
(d) Boston, MA.

6. 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) Osaka.
(b) Hiroshima.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Tsukiji.

7. What U.S. President established the military order of the Office of Strategic Services?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

10. In what year did Moe Berg graduate college, earning a B.A. degree?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1931.

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

12. What was Moe Berg's father's profession by the time Moe entered college?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Pharmacist.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Taxi driver.

13. Who did Moe Berg sign with in April of 1924?
(a) The Toledo Mud Hens.
(b) The Washington Senators.
(c) The Minneapolis Millers.
(d) The Little Rock Travelers.

14. How many games did Moe Berg play in the season of 1933?
(a) 20.
(b) 31.
(c) 40.
(d) 17.

15. What assistant managing editor of the New York Times received letters from someone claiming to be Moe Berg in the Prologue?
(a) Walther Bothe.
(b) Rose Tashke.
(c) Allan Siegal.
(d) Ted Lyons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many games did Moe Berg play in the 1931 season?

2. Where did Moe Berg attend several classes while in Paris in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"?

3. Who collected Moe Berg paraphernalia, including pictures and papers given to him by Sam Berg, as described in the Prologue?

4. When was Lou Gehrig born?

5. What was an organization designed to spread propaganda in South and Central America to keep the citizens of those countries on the side of the United States during World War II?

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