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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XI, Stowe in Vermont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?
(a) Short and disorganized.
(b) Too long and serious.
(c) Rushed.
(d) Just right.

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

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

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

5. Maria is impressed that Americans, in contrast to Europeans, are not embarrassed by what?
(a) Manual labor.
(b) Not knowing the answer to a question.
(c) Hugging in public.
(d) Laughing out loud.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. While her family goes sightseeing in New York, Maria stays in the hotel to:

4. What specific talent does Maria claim Mr. Schang has?

5. When Maria first arrives at the villa, how do six of the children -- Agathe, Hedwig, Martina, Johanna, Rupert, and Werner -- greet her?

(see the answer key)

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