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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XV, Concerts in Wartime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?
(a) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(b) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(c) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.
(d) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.

2. Mrs. Drinker tells Maria she needs to deliver her baby at a hospital. What does Maria say?
(a) She'd rather have a midwife.
(b) Hospitals have too many sick people.
(c) She wants to know where the hospital is.
(d) She doesn't need any assistance if Georg helps.

3. After the family performs the masterpiece by Palestrina, Maria says the few who attend are:
(a) Bored of falling asleep.
(b) Jumping with joy.
(c) Deeply moved.
(d) Clapping politely but without enthusiasm.

4. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?
(a) Perform in a singing festival.
(b) Sing at her wedding reception.
(c) Perform for a visiting dignitary.
(d) Sing at a benefit for orphans.

5. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?
(a) A kitten and a puppy.
(b) A turtle and a kitten.
(c) A puppy and three chicks.
(d) Three chicks and a turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine?

2. Who signs up for the Army?

3. What treasured baby clothes does Maria show Mrs. Drinker?

4. When Princess Yvonne is about to visit the von Trapps, what does the Captain's daughter, Little Maria, ask?

5. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp household, what does he tell Georg to do?

(see the answer key)

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