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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) Start a mushroom farm.
(d) Learn how to harvest sap and make maple syrup.

2. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?
(a) The Archbishop of Salzburg.
(b) The Vienna Symphony's director.
(c) The President of Italy.
(d) The Chancellor of Austria.

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

4. Where are the von Trapps when war breaks out in 1939?
(a) Europe.
(b) At sea.
(c) United States.
(d) South America.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who dies in the middle of the von Trapps' Vermont remodeling project?

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