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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many at bats did Moe Berg have in the 1931 season?
(a) 22.
(b) 53.
(c) 13.
(d) 29.

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

3. In what year did Bernard Berg leave Ukraine to head west?
(a) 1890
(b) 1900.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1894.

4. Who established and headed the OIAA?
(a) John Kieran.
(b) Herb Hunter.
(c) Nelson D. Rockefeller.
(d) William Donovan.

5. What sports columnist was credited with creating the public image of Moe Berg in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?
(a) Aldo Icardi.
(b) John Kieran.
(c) Tony Calvert.
(d) Joe Cronin.

6. 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.

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

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

9. When did the Louvre Museum open?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1777.

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

11. In 1925, Moe played so well that the Chicago Cubs wanted him, but what team had an option on him that they quickly exercised?
(a) The Red Sox.
(b) The Blue Jays.
(c) The Golden Eagles.
(d) The White Sox.

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

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

14. What does OIAA stand for?
(a) Office of Inter-American Affairs.
(b) Office of Industry and Agriculture.
(c) Oil Industry Association of America.
(d) Open Information Act of America.

15. When did Berg report to the Senators training camp after returning from Japan?
(a) February 26, 1933.
(b) March 2, 1930.
(c) April 16, 1934.
(d) May 1, 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What two baseball clubs approached Moe Berg after his college graduation?

3. In what year did Moe Berg graduate college, earning a B.A. degree?

4. How many games did Moe Berg play in the season of 1933?

5. What antiquarian bookshop owner thought Moe Berg was a fraud in the Prologue?

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