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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XIV, The New House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the von Trapps end up back in America when the war breaks out?
(a) They hide in a ship, traveling as stowaways.
(b) Their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Drinker, fly them back.
(c) They use fake passports.
(d) Mr. Wagner provides them with tickets back.

2. What happens to concerts in Europe when war breaks out?
(a) The venues change to lift morale.
(b) They are cancelled.
(c) They go on as planned.
(d) They're moved to safer locations.

3. 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) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(b) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.
(c) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(d) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.

4. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?
(a) The Vienna Symphony's director.
(b) The Chancellor of Austria.
(c) The President of Italy.
(d) The Archbishop of Salzburg.

5. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(b) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.
(c) A maid named Augustana and her family.
(d) A ski instructor name Fey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the von Trapp family members do to pass the time while imprisoned at Ellis Island?

2. The von Trapps convert a former chicken coop into a:

3. What does the family discover living under their sink in their Vermont home?

4. Why is the family detained at Ellis Island?

5. After the family sings at the Salzburg Festivals, which is the dream of every musician, what happens?

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