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

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

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

4. After the family sings at the Salzburg Festivals, which is the dream of every musician, what happens?
(a) They receive the coveted Vienna Music Award.
(b) They are offered contracts from managers from all over Europe.
(c) They are hired to sing Sundays at the Salzburg Cathedral.
(d) The eldest girls receive numerous marriage proposals.

5. The von Trapps convert a former chicken coop into a:
(a) Library.
(b) Storage room.
(c) Chapel.
(d) Summer cottage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?

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

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