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

2. After Mr. Wagner no longer represents them, who do the von Trapps audition for?
(a) Mr. Schang and five other executives.
(b) Mr. Drinker and his associates.
(c) Mrs. Brava and her assistants.
(d) Mrs. Coppicus and four other executives.

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

4. How do concert attendees help the von Trapps' charitable organization?
(a) Donating clothes, food, and money.
(b) Adopting displaced Austrian children.
(c) Writing letters of encouragement to Austrians.
(d) Writing letters to congresspeople.

5. When the von Trapps are down to their last fifty dollars, what do they do to raise money?
(a) Hold a garage sale.
(b) Hold a craft exhibit and sale.
(c) Hold a bake sale.
(d) Sell their antique jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many leaflets are printed to invite the public to the Trapp Family Music Camp?

2. After losing Georg, Maria states that "hundreds of people around you cannot" do what?

3. On their Vermont property, the von Trapps:

4. When the von Trapps say goodbye to the Drinkers, what does Maria note about the couple?

5. Among the natural beauty the family enjoys seeing while traveling across the United States, Maria cites:

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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