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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter IX, An Operation, a Turtle, and a Long Distance Call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maria meets the Captain, who is he about to become engaged to?
(a) Yolanda Ives.
(b) Claire Franz.
(c) Baroness Matilde.
(d) Princess Yvonne.

2. After Maria gives birth to her second child, she needs surgery for kidney stones. How many stones are removed?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifty-two.
(d) Thirty-eight.

3. When Maria first arrives at the villa, how do six of the children -- Agathe, Hedwig, Martina, Johanna, Rupert, and Werner -- greet her?
(a) Summoned by their father's whistle, the children come downstairs in matching sailor suits.
(b) Each greets her politely but coldly before returning to his or her room to study.
(c) They greet her in the villa's courtyard with a "Welcome Maria" banner that they made.
(d) They rush outside and nearly tackle her to the ground as they all embrace her.

4. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?
(a) He saw her with another man.
(b) She's mean to his children.
(c) He loves someone else.
(d) He already proposed to Maria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Captain first asks Maria how she likes his children, she replies that:

2. In addition to the Captain and his children, who else lives at the villa when Maria arrives?

3. Before Maria arrives to teach at the von Trapp Villa, how many other teachers and governesses have come and gone?

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

5. When Hedwig expresses great joy over her new ski pants, what does the Princess say?

(see the answer key)

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