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

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

3. What does "Cor Unum" mean?
(a) Seize the day.
(b) Together forever.
(c) Heart of music.
(d) One heart.

4. In a letter to friends, what does Maria say she noticed while driving up the coast from Los Angeles to Seattle?
(a) How vast the ocean is.
(b) How pale Georg looked.
(c) How crowded the roads were.
(d) How quiet and withdrawn the children were.

5. How does the von Trapps' all-female concert in Bethlehem, PA, turn out?
(a) It leads to a new contract and new manager.
(b) Reasonably well despite two of the singers forgetting some of the words.
(c) It is one of their most outstanding and memorable concerts.
(d) It is cut short because of a utility workers' strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Maria attend Rupert's wedding?

2. When they travel by rail, sometimes the von Trapps end up in separate cars and worry about:

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

4. After the family performs the masterpiece by Palestrina, Maria says the few who attend are:

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. During what Maria calls "the memorable year," what problems and issues do the von Trapps experience?

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. When Mr. Schang reconsiders and agrees to take on the Trapp family if they supply $5,000 for publicity, how does the family acquire this money?

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

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

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