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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Maria swallows a fly in mid-performance?

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

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

4. While their father is ill and getting worse, the children are:

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Life at the Von Trapp Villa undergoes a significant transformation when the newest governess, Maria, arrives.

1. Describe what life was like for the children and their father at their villa before Maria joins them.

2. Explain what new routines and activities they partake in after her arrival.

3. In your opinion, was the family better off before or after Maria came into their lives? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the von Trapp family name their Vermont home "Cor Unum?" What does this mean? How does their house name represent a greater philosophy on life for Maria?

Essay Topic 3

The Captain and Maria come from very different backgrounds, he from a military career and she from a religious environment. Yet they are able to have a close, lasting relationship.

1. What significant differences are there between Maria and Georg? What similarities exist between the two?

2. Why do you think their marriage was successful despite their many differences? Explain in detail.

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