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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After marrying the Captain, what becomes part of Maria's family routine?
(a) Working in the family's nextdoor farm.
(b) Doing morning exercises in the parlor.
(c) Gathering around the fireplace after supper.
(d) Going to dances on Saturday evenings.

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

3. When Mr. Wagner, the family's manager, finds out Maria is pregnant, he:
(a) Offers them a raise.
(b) Cancels the rest of the tour.
(c) Sends her flowers.
(d) Congratulates the family.

4. When the family arrives in New York City, they are taken to which hotel?
(a) Harrington.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Hilton.
(d) Washington.

5. Who brings the presents at Christmas in Austria?
(a) Saint Nikolaus with angels.
(b) Santa Claus with angels.
(c) The family's guardian angels.
(d) Jesus with angels.

6. How does Maria rate their first concert in the United States?
(a) Too long and serious.
(b) Just right.
(c) Short and disorganized.
(d) Rushed.

7. After Maria gives birth to her second child, she needs surgery for kidney stones. How many stones are removed?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Fifty-two.

8. In addition to celebrating birthdays in their Austrian villa, what does the family celebrate?
(a) Cuisine Day and a week of food festivals leading up to it.
(b) Honor Day in memory of their ancestors.
(c) Children's Day, the second Sunday of each month.
(d) Feast Day of the saint each person is named after.

9. The clothes that Mrs. Drinker convinces Maria to buy for baby Johannes end up being:
(a) Much too big.
(b) Not warm enough.
(c) Too gaudy.
(d) Too small.

10. What uniquely American things is the family introduced to on the ship bound for the United States?
(a) Baseball and football.
(b) Slang, sodas, and coin denominations.
(c) Hot dogs and hamburgers.
(d) Popcorn, gum, and chocolate bars.

11. Mrs. Drinker tells Maria she needs to deliver her baby at a hospital. What does Maria say?
(a) She doesn't need any assistance if Georg helps.
(b) Hospitals have too many sick people.
(c) She'd rather have a midwife.
(d) She wants to know where the hospital is.

12. What is the "American Farmer?"
(a) A play.
(b) A song.
(c) A ship.
(d) A plane.

13. Maria's second baby is named:
(a) Eleonore.
(b) Stefonie.
(c) Evie.
(d) Barbara.

14. After the Nazis start taking control of Austria under the pretense of being liberators, Maria:
(a) Pretends to be sympathetic to the Nazi party.
(b) Hides the family's most treasured possessions.
(c) Trembles whenever the doorbell rings.
(d) Teaches the children to speak in a special code.

15. 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 puppy's name is Georg.
(c) The kitten is a baby mountain lion from the wild.
(d) The turtle might eat newborns' toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, how does Georg feel about his children and wife performing on stage?

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

3. As their first Christmas with Maria approaches, what do the children do while they sing?

4. Why does the Captain tell the Princess he cannot marry her?

5. Where does the family sing in the mornings at their villa?

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