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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. What do the von Trapps see through the bars of their prison in Ellis Island?
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) Chrysler Building.
(d) Saint Paul's Cathedral.

2. Why does Maria feel it's all right for the family to sing on radio?
(a) She figures no harm can come if their music makes Austrians happy.
(b) They can sing anonymously.
(c) It is an honor to sing on the same station that plays Bach and Mozart.
(d) Other local groups will be singing with them.

3. What do the von Trapp family members do to pass the time while imprisoned at Ellis Island?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Write letters.
(d) Make crafts.

4. Where are the von Trapps when war breaks out in 1939?
(a) Europe.
(b) South America.
(c) United States.
(d) At sea.

5. Why does the family receive a phone call from a Salzburg radio station manager?
(a) He invites them to sing live on his show.
(b) He wants to know who is their choir director.
(c) He asks the family if they have a recording he can play.
(d) He calls them by mistake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?

2. On their Vermont property, the von Trapps:

3. How does Georg feel about his family performing at a diplomatic reception for dignitaries?

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

5. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?

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