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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. The family's first concert in the United States is where?
(a) Hershey, Pennsylvania.
(b) Rochester, New York.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Easton, Pennsylvania.

2. What happens when Maria swallows a fly in mid-performance?
(a) She excuses herself and has a coughing fit backstage.
(b) She chokes on the fly and nearly passes out.
(c) She continues singing as if nothing happened.
(d) She tells the audience, and they laugh good-naturedly.

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

4. On the ship bound from London to the United States, Maria learns English by:
(a) Reading English novels.
(b) Having Americans name everything on the ship.
(c) Studying her Austrian-English dictionary.
(d) Hiring an English tutor.

5. The family escapes Austria by getting permission to go:
(a) Sing in London.
(b) Deliver packages to the poor.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Mountain climbing.

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. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?

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

4. When Maria returns to Salzburg after her kidney stone surgery, what does the family receive?

5. How do the von Trapps end up back in America when the war breaks out?

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