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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter II, The First Ten Years Are the Hardest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Maria gives birth to her first child, Rosemarie, this is Georg's:
(a) Tenth child.
(b) Twelfth child.
(c) Eighth child.
(d) Seventh child.

2. Maria gets permission from the Archbishop to do what at their villa?
(a) Turn a room into a chapel.
(b) Create a library of religious tomes.
(c) Turn a wing into a nunnery.
(d) House monks of the region's silent order.

3. 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 asks the family if they have a recording he can play.
(c) He calls them by mistake.
(d) He wants to know who is their choir director.

4. After the family sings at the Salzburg Festivals, which is the dream of every musician, what happens?
(a) They are hired to sing Sundays at the Salzburg Cathedral.
(b) They receive the coveted Vienna Music Award.
(c) They are offered contracts from managers from all over Europe.
(d) The eldest girls receive numerous marriage proposals.

5. What does the performer Lotte Lehmann encourage the von Trapps to do?
(a) Sing at a benefit for orphans.
(b) Perform in a singing festival.
(c) Perform for a visiting dignitary.
(d) Sing at her wedding reception.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "American Farmer?"

2. When Maria returns to Salzburg after her kidney stone surgery, what does the family receive?

3. When the Nazi party replaces teachers at the children's school, students are taught that:

4. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?

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

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