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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treasured baby clothes does Maria show Mrs. Drinker?
(a) Embroidered shirts and fancy gowns.
(b) Knit booties and crocheted hats.
(c) Cashmere sweaters.
(d) Baby bonnets.

2. 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, butler, cook, maids, and family priest.
(d) The Princess, baroness, music teacher, butler, and maids.

3. What happens after the von Trapps' visitor visas expire?
(a) They are arrested and forcibly departed.
(b) Their application is automatically resubmitted.
(c) Their visa extension request is rejected.
(d) They are given a two-month extension.

4. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?
(a) Santa Claus with angels.
(b) Jesus with angels.
(c) The family's guardian angels.
(d) Saint Nikolaus with angels.

5. When the von Trapps are newcomers in New York, they eat most of their meals at:
(a) An Italian restaurant.
(b) An Irish pub.
(c) A Jewish deli.
(d) A Chinese cafeteria.

6. 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 puppy's name is Georg.
(c) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.
(d) The baby chicks think Maria is their mother.

7. Who spends a lot of time helping Maria take care of baby Johannes?
(a) Agathe.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Martina.
(d) Hedwig.

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

9. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) In their chapel.
(c) Around the fireplace.
(d) On the roof.

10. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:
(a) Overseas church missionary work.
(b) The rise of Christianity in Austria.
(c) Music theory and history.
(d) Ethics and morality.

11. What do the von Trapp family members do to pass the time while imprisoned at Ellis Island?
(a) Sing.
(b) Write letters.
(c) Make crafts.
(d) Read.

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

13. At the end of Chapter 9, what information does Georg receive regarding his bank?
(a) It burned down.
(b) It has been robbed.
(c) It was bought out by a competitor.
(d) It is bankrupt.

14. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?
(a) Maria trips on stage.
(b) They win.
(c) They meet the Pope.
(d) They come in third.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria's second baby is named:

2. To earn a living after Georg loses most of his savings, what does the family do?

3. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?

4. When Mr. Wagner, the family's manager, finds out Maria is pregnant, he:

5. After Johannes is born, who takes the family to concerts and museums?

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