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

2. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) A maid named Augustana and her family.
(b) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(c) A ski instructor name Fey.
(d) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.

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

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

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?
(a) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(b) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(c) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.
(d) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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