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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Georg feel about his family performing at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries?
(a) Proud.
(b) Confused.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Jealous.

2. In New York, where does the family attend church daily?
(a) Saint Paul the Apostle Church.
(b) Saint James Cathedral.
(c) Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
(d) Saint Mark's Church.

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

4. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?
(a) Perform in a singing festival.
(b) Sing at her wedding reception.
(c) Sing at a benefit for orphans.
(d) Perform for a visiting dignitary.

5. After leaving the U.S. when their visas are not extended, where do the von Trapps tour next?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Copenhagen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Macy's department store, what is Maria afraid of?

3. What happens to concerts in Europe when war breaks out?

4. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:

5. With Maria as their new mother, what do the von Trapp children learn every night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the Chancellor of Austria hears the family singing on the radio?

2. How does Maria feel about her family being regarded as "poor refugees?"

3. Describe the von Trapps' experience of being imprisoned at Ellis Island.

4. On the ship bound for America, how does Maria learn English?

5. Instead of going to a New York City hospital, Maria wants her baby to be delivered by a midwife at home, as was the custom in Austria at the time. In the end, who delivers her son Johannes and what happens?

6. How does Father Wasner come into the von Trapps' lives?

7. After Maria and Georg marry, the family settles into a routine. Describe their typical evening.

8. After the von Trapp family gets used to the routine of giving concerts, there is still one aspect of performing they dislike. What is it?

9. Maria explains that Salzburg is built around what two prominent structures?

10. World War II breaks out on September, 1939, while the family is doing a tour in Europe. Where do they end up after the war starts?

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