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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Maria say about traveling to concerts with children?
(a) It's hectic.
(b) It's rewarding.
(c) It works out better if you bring a nanny.
(d) It's fun to be with family.

3. What does the family name their Vermont home?
(a) Musical Tavern.
(b) E Pluribus Unum.
(c) Heavenly Lobby.
(d) Cor Unum.

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

5. What ultimately becomes of the von Trapps' former Austrian home?
(a) It is turned into a museum.
(b) It's confiscated by the government and turned into an embassy.
(c) It becomes a school for orphans.
(d) It's sold to a religious order and turned into a seminary.

6. During a performance, the von Trapp family discovers what's been missing from their performances. What is this missing ingredient?
(a) More time onstage for the youngest singers of the family.
(b) An intermission.
(c) A warm, humorous rapport with their audiences.
(d) A larger role for Georg to play in each performance.

7. What does Maria find when she inspects the camp she wishes to turn into a music camp?
(a) Twenty picnic tables.
(b) Three small stages.
(c) Eleven large barracks.
(d) One large hall.

8. What is the purpose of the organization the Trapps form in 1947?
(a) Bringing Austrian refugees to the United States.
(b) Creating pen pal relationships between the U.S. and Austria.
(c) Helping the poor and displaced of all nationalities.
(d) Lobbying for Austria's freedom.

9. What does Maria appreciate that America has given her family?
(a) Opportunities.
(b) Adoring fans.
(c) Prestige.
(d) Dignity.

10. Why can't Maria attend Rupert's wedding?
(a) She is bedridden.
(b) She is not invited.
(c) She is sick with grief.
(d) She is giving a concert.

11. What does Maria say she becomes addicted to?
(a) Food.
(b) Music.
(c) Auctions.
(d) Fame.

12. When the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?
(a) Hold a bake sale.
(b) Hold a craft exhibit and sale.
(c) Sell their antique jewelry.
(d) Hold a garage sale.

13. On their Vermont property, the von Trapps:
(a) Build a summer playground for visiting families.
(b) Learn how to harvest sap and make maple syrup.
(c) Set up a cottage where they sell handmade crafts.
(d) Start a mushroom farm.

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

15. After losing Georg, Maria states that "hundreds of people around you cannot" do what?
(a) Mend your broken heart.
(b) Cheer you after an enormous loss.
(c) Bring the one you love back to you.
(d) Console you for the loss of the one.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family moves into their Vermont home, what do they have to do?

2. After Mr. Schang agrees to manage the family, he has their name changed from Trapp Family Choir to what?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 13, Maria notes that she and the family are no longer a hundred percent European, but not what?

4. When the von Trapps say goodbye to the Drinkers, what does Maria note about the couple?

5. When Maria asks Mr. Schang why he won't represent the family, what does he say?

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