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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 Georg and Maria consider buying a house in Vermont that's in poor condition, what does Maria point out?
(a) They have enough money saved up to build a new house before moving in.
(b) A rundown house in the country is better than a nice house in the city.
(c) In a few years, the property value will go up and they can sell it, making a profit.
(d) They can always build a better house, but they can never find another view like this.

2. What does Maria conclude is the key to true happiness?
(a) Love.
(b) Endurance.
(c) Family.
(d) Music.

3. What happens when Maria swallows a fly in mid-performance?
(a) She continues singing as if nothing happened.
(b) She excuses herself and has a coughing fit backstage.
(c) She tells the audience, and they laugh good-naturedly.
(d) She chokes on the fly and nearly passes out.

4. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?
(a) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.
(b) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(c) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(d) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.

5. What does Maria find when she inspects the camp she wishes to turn into a music camp?
(a) One large hall.
(b) Twenty picnic tables.
(c) Eleven large barracks.
(d) Three small stages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately becomes of the von Trapps' former Austrian home?

2. In America, who teaches Maria's little girls to play musical instruments?

3. When the Trapps are asked what they think of popular music, what does Father Wasner reply?

4. When the war ends in 1945 and the von Trapp boys return home, what does the music camp do?

5. With their wool stage clothes being extremely uncomfortable in the East Coast summer humidity, what do the von Trapps do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where on their Vermont property does the family build a small chapel?

2. How does Maria feel the family is contributing to the war effort?

3. Why do two officials from the War Production Board arrive at Vermont to talk to Maria?

4. How does the start of the war affect attendance to the von Trapp concerts?

5. After Georg dies, where is he buried?

6. In Chapter 13, what does Maria say about going to auctions?

7. When Georg becomes very sick, what do doctors tell Maria?

8. After the family auditions for manager F.C. Schang and he decides that he won't represent them, what reasons does he give Maria?

9. What does the family name their Vermont home, and why?

10. What do the Trapps do when they receive a letter from Austria describing the suffering of the people there after the war?

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