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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter II, The First Ten Years Are the Hardest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Father Wasner?
(a) A young priest who helps the family advance musically.
(b) A close family relative who counsels them on spiritual matters.
(c) A professor of theology who gives mass at their local church.
(d) The priest who marries Georg and Maria.

2. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?
(a) Three chicks and a turtle.
(b) A puppy and three chicks.
(c) A turtle and a kitten.
(d) A kitten and a puppy.

3. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In their chapel.
(c) In the courtyard.
(d) Around the fireplace.

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

5. After Georg loses his fortune in Austria, the family:
(a) Sells their jewelry and antiques collection.
(b) Fires the butler.
(c) Lets six servants go.
(d) Sells their expensive silverware and crystal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Georg feel about his family performing at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries?

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

3. Maria's second baby is named:

4. When Princess Yvonne is about to visit the von Trapps, what does the Captain's daughter, Little Maria, ask?

5. When the von Trapps go on a camping trip with Uncle Peter and his family, how many pieces of luggage does Peter bring?

(see the answer key)

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