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

2. What uniquely American things is the family introduced to on the ship bound for the United States?
(a) Hot dogs and hamburgers.
(b) Popcorn, gum, and chocolate bars.
(c) Slang, sodas, and coin denominations.
(d) Baseball and football.

3. How is Maria's third child delivered?
(a) At home with a young doctor and a nurse.
(b) At home with a midwife.
(c) At the hospital with a team of doctors.
(d) At the hospital with a midwife and a young nurse.

4. Who spends a lot of time helping Maria take care of baby Johannes?
(a) Agathe.
(b) Johanna.
(c) Hedwig.
(d) Martina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Salzburg music festivals are over, the children notice that Maria is no longer joining them in volleyball. What reason does she give for not participating in their games?

2. What do the von Trapps see through the bars of their prison in Ellis Island?

3. In addition to the Captain and his children, who else lives at the villa when Maria arrives?

4. What happens at the von Trapps' first singing concert?

5. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Georg loses his fortune, what adjustments does the family make?

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

3. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp family's villa and tells Georg to display a Nazi flag from the house, how does Georg respond?

4. Why does Maria feel uncomfortable when she first arrives at the Trapp Villa?

5. When the mother of a famous harpsichordist advises the family that they need to get themselves a publicist, what do the von Trapps do?

6. What does Maria learn about the Captain from the mansion's head of staff, the Baroness?

7. 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?

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. When Little Maria tells Maria that she misses piano lessons, what does the governess do?

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