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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XV, Concerts in Wartime.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?
(a) She sits in the garden for prayer and meditation, and then has a simple breakfast by herself before starting a full day of teaching the children.
(b) She wakes the children up, serves them breakfast, and sends the older ones to school before teaching the younger ones who stay home.
(c) She washes clothes before breakfast, then wakes the children and prepares a large breakfast for the family.
(d) She teaches the older children Biblical lessons and religious songs before sending them off to school and spending an hour in prayer and meditation.

3. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?
(a) He realizes the family is serious about singing.
(b) He is invited to teach the children theology.
(c) He entertains the family with amusing stories.
(d) He has nowhere else to go.

4. When they travel by rail, sometimes the von Trapps end up in separate cars and worry about:
(a) Someone losing a ticket.
(b) Someone falling off the train.
(c) One of the children being kidnapped.
(d) Whether or not everyone will get off at the right stop.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. After their first performance of their third American tour, what does the manager tell the von Trapps?

2. On the ship bound from London to the United States, Maria learns English by:

3. As the family makes plans to move into their Vermont home, what do the boys, Werner and Rupert, announce?

4. After marrying the Captain, what becomes part of Maria's family routine?

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

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