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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. After Maria insists on another audition with Columbia Concerts, what happens?
(a) The executives walk out before the family finishes.
(b) The executives are more impressed the second time around.
(c) The family is invited to yet another audition.
(d) The family is escorted out and told to never return.

2. 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) Relocate the family of bears living on their property.
(c) Apply for a permit to own property legally in the United States.
(d) Rebuild the house and crooked barns.

3. Maria opens Chapter 20 in Part 2 with the Biblical story of:
(a) Job.
(b) Noah.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Moses.

4. How does a neighbor, Betty, correct Maria's English?
(a) She cautions her to use the words "he, she, it" correctly.
(b) She tells Maria that using slang is vulgar.
(c) She explains that the "w" is not pronounced like a "v."
(d) She gives her a list of everything Maria is saying incorrectly.

5. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?
(a) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.
(b) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(c) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(d) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the von Trapps' all-female concert in Bethlehem, PA, turn out?

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

3. What does Maria say she becomes addicted to?

4. What does Maria conclude is the key to true happiness?

5. Who dies in the middle of the von Trapps' Vermont remodeling project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Right around the time of Georg's death, how is the media portraying the von Trapp family?

2. What is Maria surprised to find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine after the von Trapps have been in Vermont a while?

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

4. After Georg dies, where is he buried?

5. How does Maria feel the family is contributing to the war effort?

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. When the family first visits Vermont, what is it about the state that they like?

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

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

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

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