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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. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?
(a) A puppy and three chicks.
(b) A kitten and a puppy.
(c) A turtle and a kitten.
(d) Three chicks and a turtle.

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

3. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:
(a) Recites poetry to visiting dignitaries.
(b) Leaves the city because it gets too crowded.
(c) Takes out-of-town guests sightseeing.
(d) Sells homemade pastries to raise funds for the nunnery.

4. The family's first concert in the United States is where?
(a) Hershey, Pennsylvania.
(b) Rochester, New York.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Easton, Pennsylvania.

5. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?
(a) He has nowhere else to go.
(b) He realizes the family is serious about singing.
(c) He entertains the family with amusing stories.
(d) He is invited to teach the children theology.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving the U.S. when their visas are not extended, where do the von Trapps tour next?

2. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?

3. At the end of Chapter 9, what information does Georg receive regarding his bank?

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

5. Maria's second baby is named:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the family help take care of the new baby after Johannes is born?

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

4. After Johannes is born, the family's U.S. visitor visas expire and no extension is granted. Where do they end up?

5. Not long after Maria's daughter Leonore is born, Maria is hospitalized for kidney stones. What does Georg bring to keep her company while she recovers after surgery?

6. 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?

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

8. What happens to the family's clothes when they get their laundry done in New York at the rate of six cents a pound?

9. After the Nazis take over, what changes take place at the children's school?

10. What is the "American Farmer?"

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