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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The von Trapps convert a former chicken coop into a:
(a) Summer cottage.
(b) Library.
(c) Chapel.
(d) Storage room.

2. When the family explores Vermont with real estate agents, what problem do they run into?
(a) Maria becomes sick with the flu.
(b) The properties they can afford are too rundown.
(c) The youngest von Trapps become homesick for the city.
(d) Much of the landscape is not as attractive as they initially thought.

3. When Maria asks Mr. Schang why he won't represent the family, what does he say?
(a) They are boring and lack talent.
(b) Their songs are too long, and they are too serious when performing.
(c) He's heard negative things about them from Mr. Wagner.
(d) He finds it too difficult to work with Maria and Georg.

4. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?
(a) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.
(b) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.
(c) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(d) Offering the family free tutoring services.

5. What happens when Maria swallows a fly in mid-performance?
(a) She excuses herself and has a coughing fit backstage.
(b) She continues singing as if nothing happened.
(c) She chokes on the fly and nearly passes out.
(d) She tells the audience, and they laugh good-naturedly.

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

7. What specific talent does Maria claim Mr. Schang has?
(a) He knows how to provide exceptional publicity to bring in large audiences.
(b) He pinpoints exactly what's missing from their program and explains it clearly.
(c) He is good at pairing up the von Trapps with other talent for a spectacular show.
(d) He knows how to say the right thing at the right time to charm people.

8. As the family makes plans to move into their Vermont home, what do the boys, Werner and Rupert, announce?
(a) They're making plans for a double wedding.
(b) They've been accepted to college.
(c) They've decided to quit show business.
(d) They've been drafted.

9. When Maria talks about wanting to open a music camp, she describes her childhood "Sing Weeks," which were:
(a) The weeks at the nunnery when local children came to learn music.
(b) Music-learning get-togethers that lasted several days.
(c) Competitions between neighboring school choirs.
(d) Weeks when homework was put aside and class time was devoted to music.

10. What group has to give the von Trapp family permission before they can receive any building supplies for their home or their camp?
(a) The War Construction Panel.
(b) The War Production Board.
(c) The War Housing Board.
(d) The War Remodeling Panel.

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

12. Wagner originally plans forty concerts for the family, but because of the war, he can book only how many?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Thirty-one.

13. When the war ends in 1945 and the von Trapp boys return home, what does the music camp do?
(a) Shuts down.
(b) Collects money for war refugees.
(c) Welcomes them back.
(d) Records an album in their honor.

14. After their first performance of their third American tour, what does the manager tell the von Trapps?
(a) They need more cheerful songs.
(b) They need to project more be heard well in the back.
(c) They're doing a fantastic job.
(d) They are lacking something.

15. When they travel by rail, sometimes the von Trapps end up in separate cars and worry about:
(a) Someone losing a ticket.
(b) One of the children being kidnapped.
(c) Someone falling off the train.
(d) Whether or not everyone will get off at the right stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the middle of the von Trapps' Vermont remodeling project?

2. How do concert attendees help the von Trapps' charitable organization?

3. When the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?

4. How is Maria able to acquire most of the furniture for their newly bought property in Vermont?

5. In an effort to conserve gas and help the war effort, the von Trapps forgo traveling by car and instead travel by:

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