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

2. What does the family discover living under their sink in their Vermont home?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A squirrel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The von Trapps convert a former chicken coop into a:

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

(see the answer key)

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