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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the CIA established?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1947.

2. 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 Toledo Mud Hens.
(b) The Washington Senators.
(c) The Minneapolis Millers.
(d) The Little Rock Travelers.

3. Who was the Senators' starting catcher in 1933?
(a) Cliff Bolton.
(b) Carl Eifler.
(c) Gian Carlo Wick.
(d) Joseph Grew.

4. What two players other than Moe Berg went to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese universities during the winter of 1932?
(a) John Kieran and Tony Calvert.
(b) Walther Bothe and Otto Hahn.
(c) Lefty O'Doul and Ted Lyons.
(d) Niels Bohr and Harry Broley.

5. When was the Louvre Palace built?
(a) The late 12th century.
(b) The early 10th century.
(c) The mid 14th century.
(d) The early 16th century.

6. What CIA museum curator idolizes Moe Berg as described in the Prologue?
(a) I.M. Levitt.
(b) Edoardo Amaldi.
(c) Joseph Grew.
(d) Linda McCarthy.

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

8. Who did the Washington Senators lose to in the 1933 World Series?
(a) The Boston Red Sox.
(b) The New York Giants.
(c) The Chicago Cubs.
(d) The Chicago White Sox.

9. What was Moe Berg's batting average after the 1932 season?
(a) .185.
(b) .118.
(c) .236.
(d) .312.

10. 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?
(a) Flock.
(b) Cast.
(c) Roster.
(d) Group.

11. At what age had Moe Berg begun playing baseball?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

12. Moe Berg worked as a baseball coach until what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1956.

13. What manager of the Giants did Moe Berg have dinner in Paris with in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"?
(a) Allen Dulles.
(b) Charles Owen.
(c) William Donovan.
(d) John McGraw.

14. On what date did the group of three players began their circuit of Japanese universities in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"?
(a) July 28, 1929.
(b) May 4, 1928.
(c) October 22, 1932.
(d) January 5, 1923.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While the rest of the team was playing in Omiya, Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital where during his second trip in Japan?

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. With what batting average did Moe Berg finish the 1930 season?

4. When did Moe Berg receive his his LL.B. degree?

5. Where did Bernard Berg begin working in New York after immigrating?

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