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

2. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:
(a) Music theory and history.
(b) The rise of Christianity in Austria.
(c) Overseas church missionary work.
(d) Ethics and morality.

3. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?
(a) Sing at a benefit for orphans.
(b) Perform in a singing festival.
(c) Perform for a visiting dignitary.
(d) Sing at her wedding reception.

4. When the Nazi party replaces teachers at the children's school, students are taught that:
(a) Parents are too old-fashioned to understand the party.
(b) The previous teachers were traitors.
(c) The new teachers are smarter and more compassionate than the previous ones.
(d) They must teach their parents what they learn in school.

5. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:
(a) Recites poetry to visiting dignitaries.
(b) Sells homemade pastries to raise funds for the nunnery.
(c) Takes out-of-town guests sightseeing.
(d) Leaves the city because it gets too crowded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?

2. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?

3. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?

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

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

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