View a FREE sample

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. With their wool stage clothes being extremely uncomfortable in the East Coast summer humidity, what do the von Trapps do?
(a) Buy light, bright dresses and shorts for the stage.
(b) Replace their costumes with evening gowns and light suits.
(c) Sew cotton versions of their costumes.
(d) Order wool-like outfits made from lighter materials.

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) Scolds the children.
(b) Yells at Maria.
(c) Laughs uncontrollably.
(d) Sits with them.

3. When Maria gives birth to her first child, Rosemarie, this is Georg's:
(a) Twelfth child.
(b) Seventh child.
(c) Tenth child.
(d) Eighth child.

4. When she first learns English, Maria spells words as she would in Austrian. For example, she spells "watch" as:
(a) Vashe.
(b) Wosht.
(c) Votsch.
(d) Wasch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 13, Maria notes that she and the family are no longer a hundred percent European, but not what?

2. What is the "American Farmer?"

3. When first visiting Vermont, what does the family like about the state?

4. At the launch of their third American tour, what advice does the family receive from their manager?

5. Maria is displeased that the Trapp family is registered as:

(see the answer key)

This section contains 397 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample