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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. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) On the roof.
(c) Around the fireplace.
(d) In their chapel.

2. Maria's second baby is named:
(a) Stefonie.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Evie.
(d) Eleonore.

3. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?
(a) She teaches the older children Biblical lessons and religious songs before sending them off to school and spending an hour in prayer and meditation.
(b) She washes clothes before breakfast, then wakes the children and prepares a large breakfast for the family.
(c) She wakes the children up, serves them breakfast, and sends the older ones to school before teaching the younger ones who stay home.
(d) She sits in the garden for prayer and meditation, and then has a simple breakfast by herself before starting a full day of teaching the children.

4. 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.

5. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp household, what does he tell Georg to do?
(a) Display a Nazi flag.
(b) Teach his children German.
(c) Donate funds to the German army.
(d) Renounce his loyalty to Austria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who escapes Austria with the von Trapp family?

2. When Maria becomes pregnant again and doctors want her to end the pregnancy because of her weak kidneys, what does Maria do?

3. After the Nazis start taking control of Austria under the pretense of being liberators, Maria:

4. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?

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

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