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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. After Maria gives birth to her second child, she needs surgery for kidney stones. How many stones are removed?
(a) Fifty-two.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirty-eight.

2. When she first learns English, Maria spells words as she would in Austrian. For example, she spells "watch" as:
(a) Votsch.
(b) Wasch.
(c) Vashe.
(d) Wosht.

3. After marrying the Captain, what becomes part of Maria's family routine?
(a) Working in the family's nextdoor farm.
(b) Doing morning exercises in the parlor.
(c) Gathering around the fireplace after supper.
(d) Going to dances on Saturday evenings.

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

5. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?
(a) Just right.
(b) Too long and serious.
(c) Rushed.
(d) Short and disorganized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Captain's first wife?

2. Why is the family detained at Ellis Island?

3. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?

4. Where are the von Trapps when war breaks out in 1939?

5. When a Nazi official comes to the von Trapp household, what does he tell Georg to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the von Trapp family vacations with Georg's distant cousin Peter, what do they find odd about him?

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

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

4. After Maria returns home from her kidney stone procedure, the family gets a long distance call. What information do they receive during this call?

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

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

7. What is the "American Farmer?"

8. 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?

9. When the von Trapp family goes on tour in Europe, who do they sing for?

10. 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?

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