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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 the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?
(a) Hold a bake sale.
(b) Sell their antique jewelry.
(c) Hold a garage sale.
(d) Hold a craft exhibit and sale.

2. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) A ski instructor name Fey.
(b) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(c) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.
(d) A maid named Augustana and her family.

3. In addition to the Captain and his children, who else lives at the villa when Maria arrives?
(a) The Princess, butler, cook, maids, and family priest.
(b) The Princess, baroness, music teacher, butler, and maids.
(c) The butler, baroness, cook, gardener, farm keeper, and various maids.
(d) Cooks, maids, gardeners, auto mechanics, artists, and a groundskeeper.

4. What does Maria say she becomes addicted to?
(a) Auctions.
(b) Music.
(c) Fame.
(d) Food.

5. When the von Trapps go on a camping trip with Uncle Peter and his family, how many pieces of luggage does Peter bring?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When she first learns English, Maria spells words as she would in Austrian. For example, she spells "watch" as:

3. When the family entertains troops at a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp turned Army camp, what do Georg and Maria realize?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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