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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter IV, Barbara.

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. What is the "American Farmer?"
(a) A song.
(b) A ship.
(c) A play.
(d) A plane.

3. Maria gets permission from the Archbishop to do what at their villa?
(a) Turn a wing into a nunnery.
(b) House monks of the region's silent order.
(c) Turn a room into a chapel.
(d) Create a library of religious tomes.

4. Who escapes Austria with the von Trapp family?
(a) Hans, the butler.
(b) The Archbishop.
(c) The former school principal.
(d) Father Wasner.

5. On the ship bound from London to the United States, Maria learns English by:
(a) Having Americans name everything on the ship.
(b) Reading English novels.
(c) Hiring an English tutor.
(d) Studying her Austrian-English dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maria becomes pregnant again and doctors want her to end the pregnancy because of her weak kidneys, what does Maria do?

2. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?

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

4. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?

5. The family's first concert in the United States is where?

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