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

2. When Maria suggests the children wear play-suits, what does the Baroness say?
(a) The children should be studying, not playing.
(b) The Captain has already ordered play-suits for all the children.
(c) Play-suits are for peasants, not upper-class children.
(d) The Captain wants his children to be dressed neatly.

3. How many concerts is the von Trapp family scheduled to give during their third American tour?
(a) Forty-two.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Sixty-five.
(d) Fifty-seven.

4. Maria explains that in Europe, if one is washing dishes when a guest arrives unexpectedly, one:
(a) Finishes the dishes while chatting with the guest.
(b) Tries to hide the fact that he or she was doing dishes.
(c) Asks the guest to help.
(d) Asks the guest to come back later.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they travel by rail, sometimes the von Trapps end up in separate cars and worry about:

2. What do Quakers from the Society of Friends give the Trapp family to help them out?

3. How does the von Trapps' all-female concert in Bethlehem, PA, turn out?

4. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?

5. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?

(see the answer key)

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