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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria conclude is the key to true happiness?
(a) Family.
(b) Music.
(c) Love.
(d) Endurance.

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

3. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.
(b) A ski instructor name Fey.
(c) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(d) A maid named Augustana and her family.

4. Wagner originally plans forty concerts for the family, but because of the war, he can book only how many?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty-one.

5. What ultimately becomes of the von Trapps' former Austrian home?
(a) It is turned into a museum.
(b) It's confiscated by the government and turned into an embassy.
(c) It's sold to a religious order and turned into a seminary.
(d) It becomes a school for orphans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?

2. Once the von Trapp family is released from Ellis Island, they resume giving concerts. What does Maria note about attendance?

3. Maria explains that when they travel by rail, sometimes they have to wait for hours in:

4. After receiving an urgent letter in 1947, what organization does the von Trapp family form?

5. After her husband's death, Maria describes herself at the camp acting as a:

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Trapps do when they receive a letter from Austria describing the suffering of the people there after the war?

2. In the last chapter, what does Maria attribute to her full recovery?

3. After the family auditions for manager F.C. Schang and he decides that he won't represent them, what reasons does he give Maria?

4. After Georg dies, where is he buried?

5. By their third American tour, what changes have the von Trapp family members made to their concerts to appeal to a wider audience?

6. Why does Maria want to build a music camp near their home in Vermont?

7. How does the start of the war affect attendance to the von Trapp concerts?

8. After the von Trapps buy their Vermont house, but before they actually move in, what do the older sons, Werner and Rupert, tell the family?

9. Why does the family decide to buy a rundown farm in Vermont?

10. When Mr. Schang reconsiders and agrees to take on the Trapp family if they supply $5,000 for publicity, how does the family acquire this money?

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