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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XX, The Memorable Year.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who signs up for the Army?
(a) Mr. Drinker, the family's close friend.
(b) Mr. Warner, the family's former manager.
(c) Father Wasner, the family's choir director.
(d) Mr. Schang, the family's manager.

2. What does the letter that the Trapp family receives in January of 1947 say?
(a) Asks the family to help the suffering Austrian people.
(b) Urges the family to return to Austria.
(c) Informs the family they can never set foot in Austria again.
(d) Invites Maria to become an ambassador to Austria.

3. What happened to the Captain's first wife?
(a) She left the Captain for another man.
(b) She disappeared mysteriously.
(c) She was lost at sea.
(d) She died of scarlet fever.

4. With their wool stage clothes being extremely uncomfortable in the East Coast summer humidity, what do the von Trapps do?
(a) Order wool-like outfits made from lighter materials.
(b) Replace their costumes with evening gowns and light suits.
(c) Sew cotton versions of their costumes.
(d) Buy light, bright dresses and shorts for the stage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wagner originally plans forty concerts for the family, but because of the war, he can book only how many?

2. After Georg loses his fortune in Austria, the family:

3. Maria says that after short weeks of practice:

4. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp household, what does he tell Georg to do?

5. What does Maria comment about the 107-concert tour in Part Two, Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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