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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What starting catcher went down in the 1932 season, allowing Moe Berg to step in?
(a) Pyotr Kapitsa.
(b) John Kieran.
(c) Edoardo Amaldi.
(d) Roy Spencer.

2. 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?
(a) Write a book.
(b) Complete his semester at Columbia Law School.
(c) Work on an invention.
(d) Travel across the country.

3. Where did Moe Berg graduate with a B.A. degree?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) University of Chicago.

4. What is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters?
(a) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) The Top Brass Club.
(c) The Knights of the Round Table.
(d) The Council of Military Leaders.

5. 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) Jews.
(b) Christians.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Muslims.

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

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

8. How old was Moe Berg when he begged his mother to let him start school?
(a) 2 and 1/2.
(b) 3 and 1/2.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

9. What college did Moe Berg briefly attend before switching in 1919?
(a) Harvard Universtity.
(b) New York University.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) Stanford University.

10. During an exhibition game against what team did Moe Berg tear a knee ligament?
(a) The Toledo Mud Hens.
(b) The Washington Senators.
(c) The Little Rock Travelers.
(d) The Minneapolis Millers.

11. With what respected Wall Street law firm did Moe Berg take a position in 1930?
(a) Bloomberg and Rodgers.
(b) Satterlee and Canfield.
(c) Scofield and Newton.
(d) Ernster and Robbins.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does RBI stand for?

2. What manager of the Giants did Moe Berg have dinner in Paris with in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"?

3. Where did Moe Berg grow up after the age of three?

4. Moe Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital ostensibly to visit the daughter of what American ambassador?

5. What color suits did Moe Berg traditionally wear?

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