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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XVI, Trapp Family Music Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who escapes Austria with the von Trapp family?
(a) The former school principal.
(b) The Archbishop.
(c) Hans, the butler.
(d) Father Wasner.

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

4. When they travel by rail, sometimes the von Trapps end up in separate cars and worry about:
(a) One of the children being kidnapped.
(b) Whether or not everyone will get off at the right stop.
(c) Someone falling off the train.
(d) Someone losing a ticket.

5. Maria explains that when they travel by rail, sometimes they have to wait for hours in:
(a) Smelly buildings.
(b) The snow.
(c) The heat.
(d) Freezing stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mr. Wagner, the family's manager, finds out Maria is pregnant, he:

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

3. What does Maria find when she inspects the camp she wishes to turn into a music camp?

4. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:

5. After Maria insists on another audition with Columbia Concerts, what happens?

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