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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter XIII, And the Lord Said to Abram . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the von Trapps go on a camping trip with Uncle Peter and his family, how many pieces of luggage does Peter bring?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eighteen.

2. As their first Christmas with Maria approaches, what do the children do while they sing?
(a) Make crafts for gifts.
(b) Bake strudels and cookies.
(c) Decorate the house.
(d) Adorn their twenty-five Christmas trees.

3. What does the family find amusing about Uncle Peter?
(a) He wears a different style of shoe on each foot.
(b) He does nothing without consulting a manual first.
(c) He's an inventor, but very few of his inventions work.
(d) He's afraid of holding babies, thinking they're too delicate.

4. Who is the von Trapp children's Uncle Peter?
(a) Maria's uncle.
(b) Georg's distant cousin.
(c) Maria's brother.
(d) Georg's childhood friend.

5. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?
(a) He was born in Germany.
(b) He is quitting.
(c) He's a member of the Nazi party.
(d) He is related to the Chancellor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?

2. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:

3. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?

4. Who escapes Austria with the von Trapp family?

5. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?

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