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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 Princess Yvonne is about to visit the von Trapps, what does the Captain's daughter, Little Maria, ask?
(a) Why the Princess is always so cold to her.
(b) Whether or not they still need the Princess now that they have Maria.
(c) Why the Captain doesn't leave the Princess and marry Maria instead.
(d) If the Princess will bring her chocolate truffles from Belgium.

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

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

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

5. Before Maria arrives to teach at the von Trapp Villa, how many other teachers and governesses have come and gone?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Forty-two.
(d) Thirty-nine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

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

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

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