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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. To earn a living after Georg loses most of his savings, what does the family do?
(a) Clean neighbors' houses.
(b) Sew and sell clothing.
(c) Work at the nunnery.
(d) Rent out rooms in their villa.

2. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?
(a) He is related to the Chancellor.
(b) He's a member of the Nazi party.
(c) He is quitting.
(d) He was born in Germany.

3. What does the family find amusing about Uncle Peter?
(a) He does nothing without consulting a manual first.
(b) He's an inventor, but very few of his inventions work.
(c) He's afraid of holding babies, thinking they're too delicate.
(d) He wears a different style of shoe on each foot.

4. The family's first concert in the United States is where?
(a) Rochester, New York.
(b) Hershey, Pennsylvania.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Easton, Pennsylvania.

5. When Mr. Wagner, the family's manager, finds out Maria is pregnant, he:
(a) Congratulates the family.
(b) Sends her flowers.
(c) Offers them a raise.
(d) Cancels the rest of the tour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?

2. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?

3. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?

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

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

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