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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. After the Salzburg music festivals are over, the children notice that Maria is no longer joining them in volleyball. What reason does she give for not participating in their games?
(a) She's pregnant.
(b) She's getting too old to play.
(c) She's sick.
(d) She has arthritis.

2. When the Captain returns to the villa unexpectedly from a trip and finds his family sitting on the floor singing, what does he do?
(a) Yells at Maria.
(b) Sits with them.
(c) Scolds the children.
(d) Laughs uncontrollably.

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

4. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?
(a) Maria trips on stage.
(b) They win.
(c) They come in third.
(d) They meet the Pope.

5. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?
(a) The baby chicks think Maria is their mother.
(b) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.
(c) The kitten is a baby mountain lion from the wild.
(d) The puppy's name is Georg.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maria suggests the children wear play-suits, what does the Baroness say?

2. Maria's second baby is named:

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

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

5. When the Nazi party replaces teachers at the children's school, students are taught that:

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