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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. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp household, what does he tell Georg to do?
(a) Donate funds to the German army.
(b) Renounce his loyalty to Austria.
(c) Display a Nazi flag.
(d) Teach his children German.

2. Why does Maria feel it's all right for the family to sing on radio?
(a) Other local groups will be singing with them.
(b) They can sing anonymously.
(c) She figures no harm can come if their music makes Austrians happy.
(d) It is an honor to sing on the same station that plays Bach and Mozart.

3. When Maria meets the Captain, who is he about to become engaged to?
(a) Yolanda Ives.
(b) Claire Franz.
(c) Baroness Matilde.
(d) Princess Yvonne.

4. When the family arrives in New York City, they are taken to which hotel?
(a) Harrington.
(b) Hilton.
(c) Wellington.
(d) Washington.

5. Why does the family receive a phone call from a Salzburg radio station manager?
(a) He calls them by mistake.
(b) He asks the family if they have a recording he can play.
(c) He invites them to sing live on his show.
(d) He wants to know who is their choir director.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After seeing Maria's baby clothes, what does Mrs. Drinker do?

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

4. After Maria gives birth to her second child, she needs surgery for kidney stones. How many stones are removed?

5. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When a famous performer, Lotte Lehmann, hears the family practice and encourages them to enter a singing contest, what happens?

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

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

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

6. How often does the Trapp family sing at their villa?

7. What is the "American Farmer?"

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

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

10. When the family first arrives at the Hotel Wellington in New York City, what experiences do they have?

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