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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) Learn how to harvest sap and make maple syrup.
(b) Build a summer playground for visiting families.
(c) Set up a cottage where they sell handmade crafts.
(d) Start a mushroom farm.

2. What do the von Trapps see through the bars of their prison in Ellis Island?
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) Chrysler Building.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Saint Paul's Cathedral.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family discover living under their sink in their Vermont home?

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

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

5. After the family sings at the Salzburg Festivals, which is the dream of every musician, what happens?

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