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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter XIII, And the Lord Said to Abram . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maria suggests the children wear play-suits, what does the Baroness say?
(a) The Captain wants his children to be dressed neatly.
(b) The children should be studying, not playing.
(c) Play-suits are for peasants, not upper-class children.
(d) The Captain has already ordered play-suits for all the children.

2. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?
(a) The kitten is a baby mountain lion from the wild.
(b) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.
(c) The baby chicks think Maria is their mother.
(d) The puppy's name is Georg.

3. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?
(a) He is related to the Chancellor.
(b) He's a member of the Nazi party.
(c) He is quitting.
(d) He was born in Germany.

4. When Maria gives birth to her first child, Rosemarie, this is Georg's:
(a) Tenth child.
(b) Eighth child.
(c) Twelfth child.
(d) Seventh child.

5. When Maria becomes pregnant again and doctors want her to end the pregnancy because of her weak kidneys, what does Maria do?
(a) Takes strengthening herbs.
(b) Goes on a strict diet.
(c) Goes on fulltime bedrest.
(d) Ends the pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the von Trapps go on a camping trip with Uncle Peter and his family, how many pieces of luggage does Peter bring?

2. After Maria gives birth to her second child, she needs surgery for kidney stones. How many stones are removed?

3. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?

4. What does the family find amusing about Uncle Peter?

5. At the end of Chapter 9, what information does Georg receive regarding his bank?

(see the answer key)

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