View a FREE sample

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. At the end of Chapter 9, what information does Georg receive regarding his bank?
(a) It was bought out by a competitor.
(b) It has been robbed.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It is bankrupt.

2. In addition to celebrating birthdays in their Austrian villa, what does the family celebrate?
(a) Feast Day of the saint each person is named after.
(b) Honor Day in memory of their ancestors.
(c) Cuisine Day and a week of food festivals leading up to it.
(d) Children's Day, the second Sunday of each month.

3. In addition to the Captain and his children, who else lives at the villa when Maria arrives?
(a) The butler, baroness, cook, gardener, farm keeper, and various maids.
(b) Cooks, maids, gardeners, auto mechanics, artists, and a groundskeeper.
(c) The Princess, baroness, music teacher, butler, and maids.
(d) The Princess, butler, cook, maids, and family priest.

4. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:
(a) Sells homemade pastries to raise funds for the nunnery.
(b) Recites poetry to visiting dignitaries.
(c) Takes out-of-town guests sightseeing.
(d) Leaves the city because it gets too crowded.

5. When Maria returns to Salzburg after her kidney stone surgery, what does the family receive?
(a) A long distance phone call.
(b) A special delivery of chocolate truffles.
(c) An angry letter from a neighbor.
(d) A surprise visitor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the family find amusing about Uncle Peter?

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

4. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?

5. With Maria as their new mother, what do the von Trapp children learn every night?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 393 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample