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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 the Trapps are asked what they think of popular music, what does Father Wasner reply?
(a) Only classical music is worth learning.
(b) Real popular music is music that lasts.
(c) Popular music is in poor taste.
(d) Popular music comes and goes.

2. In January of 1947, the von Trapp family receives an important letter from the:
(a) Chancellor of Austria.
(b) Vatican Pope.
(c) American Army of Occupation in Austria.
(d) American League of Austrian Friends.

3. What specific talent does Maria claim Mr. Schang has?
(a) He knows how to provide exceptional publicity to bring in large audiences.
(b) He pinpoints exactly what's missing from their program and explains it clearly.
(c) He is good at pairing up the von Trapps with other talent for a spectacular show.
(d) He knows how to say the right thing at the right time to charm people.

4. After they've paid off debts, what does the family purchase to help them travel to their concerts and, at the same time, save money?
(a) A Chrysler Imperial and a Volvo.
(b) A large tour bus.
(c) A limousine.
(d) A Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac.

5. After their first performance of their third American tour, what does the manager tell the von Trapps?
(a) They need to project more be heard well in the back.
(b) They need more cheerful songs.
(c) They are lacking something.
(d) They're doing a fantastic job.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family entertains troops at a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp turned Army camp, what do Georg and Maria realize?

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

3. After Rosemarie disappears for several days, where is she found?

4. At the launch of their third American tour, what advice does the family receive from their manager?

5. In an effort to conserve gas and help the war effort, the von Trapps forgo traveling by car and instead travel by:

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How does the von Trapp family combine their concerts with their charity work?

5. What does Maria say about using the recorder as a learning instrument at music camp?

6. As the family travels across the United States on their concert tours, what do they appreciate about the scenery? What do they dislike about the landscape?

7. The family is concerned about an upcoming concert they are to give at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, their first all-female concert. How does it turn out?

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

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

10. Why does Maria want to build a music camp near their home in Vermont?

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