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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. Wagner originally plans forty concerts for the family, but because of the war, he can book only how many?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eighteen.

2. What does the family name their Vermont home?
(a) Heavenly Lobby.
(b) Cor Unum.
(c) E Pluribus Unum.
(d) Musical Tavern.

3. What does Maria refer to as "the memorable year?"
(a) The year some time ago when they first arrived in America.
(b) The year the family grew closer than ever.
(c) The year following Georg's death, when much goes wrong.
(d) The year long ago when she first met Georg and the children.

4. Why does Mr. Wagner refuse to renew the von Trapps' contract?
(a) He feels they're asking for too much money and too many conditions.
(b) He's lost money on them and doesn't think they're right for American audiences.
(c) He's gone bankrupt and is moving into a different business.
(d) He and Maria argued, and he wants nothing more to do with the von Trapps.

5. As the family makes plans to move into their Vermont home, what do the boys, Werner and Rupert, announce?
(a) They've been accepted to college.
(b) They've decided to quit show business.
(c) They're making plans for a double wedding.
(d) They've been drafted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria points out that at her camp, folks who start out with Mary Had A Little Lamb soon can play:

2. What does Maria find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine?

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

4. How do concert attendees help the von Trapps' charitable organization?

5. When Georg and Maria consider buying a house in Vermont that's in poor condition, what does Maria point out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. During a performance in Denver, the family discovers the "lacking ingredient" that their manager, Mr. Schang, had alluded to before. How is the discovery made, and what is the missing ingredient?

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

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

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

7. What does Maria state that she finds impressive regarding Americans and manual labor?

8. 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?

9. In the last chapter, what does Maria attribute to her full recovery?

10. 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?

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