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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. What does the family discover living under their sink in their Vermont home?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A squirrel.

2. How does Georg feel about his family performing at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Proud.
(d) Confused.

3. What do Quakers from the Society of Friends give the Trapp family to help them out?
(a) Silverware, blankets, and beds.
(b) Furniture, curtains, and towels.
(c) Books, school supplies, and linens.
(d) Clothing, food, and soap.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the photo the von Trapps show friends of their recently purchased home in Vermont not impressive?

2. What is the amount of the mortgage the von Trapps take out to purchase their Vermont home?

3. What uniquely American things is the family introduced to on the ship bound for the United States?

4. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?

5. Once, when a bus departure in Kansas is discontinued, the von Trapps reach their next performance by being driven in a:

(see the answer key)

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