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

2. When Maria suggests the children wear play-suits, what does the Baroness say?
(a) The children should be studying, not playing.
(b) The Captain wants his children to be dressed neatly.
(c) Play-suits are for peasants, not upper-class children.
(d) The Captain has already ordered play-suits for all the children.

3. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?
(a) The family's guardian angels.
(b) Santa Claus with angels.
(c) Jesus with angels.
(d) Saint Nikolaus with angels.

4. 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) Children's Day, the second Sunday of each month.
(c) Honor Day in memory of their ancestors.
(d) Cuisine Day and a week of food festivals leading up to it.

5. Maria's second baby is named:
(a) Barbara.
(b) Stefonie.
(c) Evie.
(d) Eleonore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maria think of the villa's garden?

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

4. When Maria meets the Captain, who is he about to become engaged to?

5. After marrying the Captain, what becomes part of Maria's family routine?

(see the answer key)

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