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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To earn a living after Georg loses most of his savings, what does the family do?
(a) Sew and sell clothing.
(b) Rent out rooms in their villa.
(c) Clean neighbors' houses.
(d) Work at the nunnery.

2. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?
(a) She wakes the children up, serves them breakfast, and sends the older ones to school before teaching the younger ones who stay home.
(b) She teaches the older children Biblical lessons and religious songs before sending them off to school and spending an hour in prayer and meditation.
(c) She sits in the garden for prayer and meditation, and then has a simple breakfast by herself before starting a full day of teaching the children.
(d) She washes clothes before breakfast, then wakes the children and prepares a large breakfast for the family.

3. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?
(a) Rushed.
(b) Too long and serious.
(c) Short and disorganized.
(d) Just right.

4. Maria gets permission from the Archbishop to do what at their villa?
(a) Turn a room into a chapel.
(b) House monks of the region's silent order.
(c) Turn a wing into a nunnery.
(d) Create a library of religious tomes.

5. After Georg loses his fortune in Austria, the family:
(a) Sells their expensive silverware and crystal.
(b) Lets six servants go.
(c) Sells their jewelry and antiques collection.
(d) Fires the butler.

6. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?
(a) The family's guardian angels.
(b) Santa Claus with angels.
(c) Jesus with angels.
(d) Saint Nikolaus with angels.

7. After seeing Maria's baby clothes, what does Mrs. Drinker do?
(a) Lends Maria some of her baby's clothes.
(b) Takes Maria shopping for practical baby clothes.
(c) Hosts a baby shower for Maria.
(d) Gives her money to buy modern baby outfits.

8. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?
(a) He realizes the family is serious about singing.
(b) He is invited to teach the children theology.
(c) He entertains the family with amusing stories.
(d) He has nowhere else to go.

9. How do the von Trapps end up back in America when the war breaks out?
(a) They use fake passports.
(b) Mr. Wagner provides them with tickets back.
(c) They hide in a ship, traveling as stowaways.
(d) Their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Drinker, fly them back.

10. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?
(a) He loves someone else.
(b) She's mean to his children.
(c) He saw her with another man.
(d) He already proposed to Maria.

11. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:
(a) Overseas church missionary work.
(b) Ethics and morality.
(c) Music theory and history.
(d) The rise of Christianity in Austria.

12. Who is Father Wasner?
(a) The priest who marries Georg and Maria.
(b) A close family relative who counsels them on spiritual matters.
(c) A professor of theology who gives mass at their local church.
(d) A young priest who helps the family advance musically.

13. When the Captain returns to the villa unexpectedly from a trip and finds his family sitting on the floor singing, what does he do?
(a) Yells at Maria.
(b) Laughs uncontrollably.
(c) Sits with them.
(d) Scolds the children.

14. After the Salzburg music festivals are over, the children notice that Maria is no longer joining them in volleyball. What reason does she give for not participating in their games?
(a) She has arthritis.
(b) She's pregnant.
(c) She's sick.
(d) She's getting too old to play.

15. As their first Christmas with Maria approaches, what do the children do while they sing?
(a) Bake strudels and cookies.
(b) Make crafts for gifts.
(c) Decorate the house.
(d) Adorn their twenty-five Christmas trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?

2. Why does Maria feel it's all right for the family to sing on radio?

3. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?

4. In addition to celebrating birthdays in their Austrian villa, what does the family celebrate?

5. In New York, Maria discovers that shoes are shined where?

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