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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XIV, The New House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their Vermont property, the von Trapps:
(a) Build a summer playground for visiting families.
(b) Start a mushroom farm.
(c) Learn how to harvest sap and make maple syrup.
(d) Set up a cottage where they sell handmade crafts.

2. What happens to concerts in Europe when war breaks out?
(a) They're moved to safer locations.
(b) They are cancelled.
(c) They go on as planned.
(d) The venues change to lift morale.

3. Why does the family receive a phone call from a Salzburg radio station manager?
(a) He asks the family if they have a recording he can play.
(b) He wants to know who is their choir director.
(c) He invites them to sing live on his show.
(d) He calls them by mistake.

4. When the family is invited to perform at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries in Austria, what do they decide?
(a) They're out of their league.
(b) It would be an honor.
(c) They must sew new clothes for the occasion.
(d) They need to liven up their performance.

5. Who dies in the middle of the von Trapps' Vermont remodeling project?
(a) Mr. Alfred, the architect.
(b) Mr. Sears, the carpenter.
(c) Mr. Quinoa, the electrician.
(d) Mr. Jones, the plumber.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Georg feel about his family performing at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries?

2. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?

3. How do the von Trapps end up back in America when the war breaks out?

4. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?

5. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?

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