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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After Johannes is born, who takes the family to concerts and museums?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Mr. Wagner.
(c) Friends.
(d) Anne, the nurse.

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

6. In addition to celebrating birthdays in their Austrian villa, what does the family celebrate?
(a) Children's Day, the second Sunday of each month.
(b) Honor Day in memory of their ancestors.
(c) Cuisine Day and a week of food festivals leading up to it.
(d) Feast Day of the saint each person is named after.

7. Before Maria arrives to teach at the von Trapp Villa, how many other teachers and governesses have come and gone?
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Forty-two.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

8. What happens to concerts in Europe when war breaks out?
(a) The venues change to lift morale.
(b) They're moved to safer locations.
(c) They are cancelled.
(d) They go on as planned.

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

10. At Macy's department store, what is Maria afraid of?
(a) The staircase that moves by itself.
(b) The headless mannequins.
(c) The security guards.
(d) The perfume testers.

11. Why does Maria feel it's all right for the family to sing on radio?
(a) She figures no harm can come if their music makes Austrians happy.
(b) Other local groups will be singing with them.
(c) They can sing anonymously.
(d) It is an honor to sing on the same station that plays Bach and Mozart.

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

13. As their first Christmas with Maria approaches, what do the children do while they sing?
(a) Adorn their twenty-five Christmas trees.
(b) Make crafts for gifts.
(c) Bake strudels and cookies.
(d) Decorate the house.

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

15. When Georg buys twelve tickets for the Normandie, leaving on March 4th, where is the family going?
(a) To a refugee center in England.
(b) Back to Austria.
(c) To stall for time at sea until their visa extension comes in.
(d) They don't know yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. The family escapes Austria by getting permission to go:

2. At first, how does Georg feel about his children and wife performing on stage?

3. When Maria gives birth to her first child, Rosemarie, this is Georg's:

4. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?

5. When the family loses their fortune in Austria, Maria says that she and the children are:

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