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

2. When the von Trapps say goodbye to the Drinkers, what does Maria note about the couple?
(a) They seem preoccupied with other matters.
(b) She appreciates them despite their many eccentricities.
(c) They are the most generous friends she's ever known.
(d) She is grateful to them for all they did for her family.

3. Mr. Schang reconsiders and agrees to represent the von Trapp family on what condition?
(a) They sing exclusively in English.
(b) They pay $5,000 for publicity.
(c) They spend three days a week talking to reporters.
(d) They wear shiny clothes, high heels, and lots of makeup.

4. When the family moves into their Vermont home, what do they have to do?
(a) Schedule more concerts to earn money to repay the loan.
(b) Rebuild the house and crooked barns.
(c) Relocate the family of bears living on their property.
(d) Apply for a permit to own property legally in the United States.

5. Why can't Maria attend Rupert's wedding?
(a) She is giving a concert.
(b) She is not invited.
(c) She is bedridden.
(d) She is sick with grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the von Trapp family is released from Ellis Island, they resume giving concerts. What does Maria note about attendance?

2. What group has to give the von Trapp family permission before they can receive any building supplies for their home or their camp?

3. When the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?

4. Maria explains that in Europe, if one is washing dishes when a guest arrives unexpectedly, one:

5. How is Maria able to acquire most of the furniture for their newly bought property in Vermont?

Short Essay Questions

1. By their third American tour, what changes have the von Trapp family members made to their concerts to appeal to a wider audience?

2. As Maria explains that she and her family are no longer completely European but are not yet fully American, what does she say she appreciates, and what dismays her?

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

4. In between their concert performances in America, the von Trapps' bank account balance dwindles to fifty dollars. What do they do to raise money and make ends meet until their next concert?

5. Why does the family decide to buy a rundown farm in Vermont?

6. After the Trapp family settles into their Vermont home, what do they learn about maple syrup?

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

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

9. What monumental event happens during the von Trapps' summer camp season of 1945?

10. After the von Trapps buy their Vermont house, but before they actually move in, what do the older sons, Werner and Rupert, tell the family?

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