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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. What do the von Trapps see through the bars of their prison in Ellis Island?
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) Saint Paul's Cathedral.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Chrysler Building.

2. What is the amount of the mortgage the von Trapps take out to purchase their Vermont home?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $78,000.
(d) $23,000.

3. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?
(a) The kitten is a baby mountain lion from the wild.
(b) The baby chicks think Maria is their mother.
(c) The puppy's name is Georg.
(d) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.

4. Maria gets permission from the Archbishop to do what at their villa?
(a) Create a library of religious tomes.
(b) Turn a wing into a nunnery.
(c) House monks of the region's silent order.
(d) Turn a room into a chapel.

5. How many leaflets are printed to invite the public to the Trapp Family Music Camp?
(a) Forty thousand.
(b) A thousand.
(c) A hundred thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria appreciate that America has given her family?

2. While their father is ill and getting worse, the children are:

3. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?

4. At the end of Chapter 9, what information does Georg receive regarding his bank?

5. What is the "American Farmer?"

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