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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter XIII, And the Lord Said to Abram . . ..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the summer music festivals in Salzburg, the von Trapp family:
(a) Recites poetry to visiting dignitaries.
(b) Takes out-of-town guests sightseeing.
(c) Sells homemade pastries to raise funds for the nunnery.
(d) Leaves the city because it gets too crowded.

2. While Maria is recovering from kidney stone surgery, she mischievously tricks a nurse, Sister Agrosia, into believing what?
(a) The puppy's name is Georg.
(b) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.
(c) The kitten is a baby mountain lion from the wild.
(d) The baby chicks think Maria is their mother.

3. What does Georg give Maria to accompany her when she's recovering from kidney stone surgery?
(a) Three chicks and a turtle.
(b) A kitten and a puppy.
(c) A turtle and a kitten.
(d) A puppy and three chicks.

4. When Maria suggests the children wear play-suits, what does the Baroness say?
(a) The Captain has already ordered play-suits for all the children.
(b) Play-suits are for peasants, not upper-class children.
(c) The Captain wants his children to be dressed neatly.
(d) The children should be studying, not playing.

5. Who is the von Trapp children's Uncle Peter?
(a) Maria's brother.
(b) Georg's distant cousin.
(c) Georg's childhood friend.
(d) Maria's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maria gives birth to her first child, Rosemarie, this is Georg's:

2. Who escapes Austria with the von Trapp family?

3. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?

4. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?

5. Father Wasner has vast knowledge of:

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