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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) Make crafts for gifts.
(b) Decorate the house.
(c) Bake strudels and cookies.
(d) Adorn their twenty-five Christmas trees.

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) The Captain has already ordered play-suits for all the children.
(d) Play-suits are for peasants, not upper-class children.

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

4. Who is the von Trapp children's Uncle Peter?
(a) Maria's brother.
(b) Georg's distant cousin.
(c) Georg's childhood friend.
(d) Maria's uncle.

5. After the Salzburg music festivals are over, the children notice that Maria is no longer joining them in volleyball. What reason does she give for not participating in their games?
(a) She's pregnant.
(b) She has arthritis.
(c) She's sick.
(d) She's getting too old to play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?

2. Maria's second baby is named:

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

4. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:

5. When the Captain returns to the villa unexpectedly from a trip and finds his family sitting on the floor singing, what does he do?

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