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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter XI, Never Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?
(a) He saw her with another man.
(b) He already proposed to Maria.
(c) She's mean to his children.
(d) He loves someone else.

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

4. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?
(a) She teaches the older children Biblical lessons and religious songs before sending them off to school and spending an hour in prayer and meditation.
(b) She washes clothes before breakfast, then wakes the children and prepares a large breakfast for the family.
(c) She wakes the children up, serves them breakfast, and sends the older ones to school before teaching the younger ones who stay home.
(d) She sits in the garden for prayer and meditation, and then has a simple breakfast by herself before starting a full day of teaching the children.

5. With Maria as their new mother, what do the von Trapp children learn every night?
(a) A new recipe.
(b) Another prayer.
(c) An Austrian fairytale.
(d) A new song.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family loses their fortune in Austria, Maria says that she and the children are:

2. Before Maria arrives to teach at the von Trapp Villa, how many other teachers and governesses have come and gone?

3. When the Captain returns to the villa unexpectedly from a trip and finds his family sitting on the floor singing, what does he do?

4. Maria gets permission from the Archbishop to do what at their villa?

5. Why does Father Wasner become a regular at the von Trapp villa?

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