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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. Why does Maria feel it's all right for the family to sing on radio?
(a) It is an honor to sing on the same station that plays Bach and Mozart.
(b) They can sing anonymously.
(c) Other local groups will be singing with them.
(d) She figures no harm can come if their music makes Austrians happy.

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

3. 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) They need to liven up their performance.
(c) It would be an honor.
(d) They must sew new clothes for the occasion.

4. Why is the family detained at Ellis Island?
(a) The youngest child has the chicken pox.
(b) It's customary to detain all newcomers.
(c) Maria answers a question incorrectly to an immigration officer.
(d) They have no money.

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. Why does the family receive a phone call from a Salzburg radio station manager?

2. Where are the von Trapps when war breaks out in 1939?

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

4. What do the von Trapp family members do to pass the time while imprisoned at Ellis Island?

5. What do the von Trapps see through the bars of their prison in Ellis Island?

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