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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the von Trapps say goodbye to the Drinkers, what does Maria note about the couple?
(a) They seem preoccupied with other matters.
(b) They are the most generous friends she's ever known.
(c) She appreciates them despite their many eccentricities.
(d) She is grateful to them for all they did for her family.

2. What does Maria say she becomes addicted to?
(a) Food.
(b) Auctions.
(c) Fame.
(d) Music.

3. While their father is ill and getting worse, the children are:
(a) Pretending everything's fine.
(b) Working hard to complete the house.
(c) Away on tour.
(d) Vacationing in Austria.

4. Among the natural beauty the family enjoys seeing while traveling across the United States, Maria cites:
(a) Crater Lake.
(b) Death Valley.
(c) Niagara Falls.
(d) Mount Whitney.

5. What does Maria find when she inspects the camp she wishes to turn into a music camp?
(a) Twenty picnic tables.
(b) Eleven large barracks.
(c) Three small stages.
(d) One large hall.

6. What does Maria refer to as "the memorable year?"
(a) The year the family grew closer than ever.
(b) The year long ago when she first met Georg and the children.
(c) The year some time ago when they first arrived in America.
(d) The year following Georg's death, when much goes wrong.

7. On their Vermont property, the von Trapps:
(a) Build a summer playground for visiting families.
(b) Set up a cottage where they sell handmade crafts.
(c) Start a mushroom farm.
(d) Learn how to harvest sap and make maple syrup.

8. A cook agrees to work at the music camp as long as she has:
(a) Complete privacy when she's not working.
(b) Every weekend off.
(c) Three kitchen assistants.
(d) Certain appliances and kitchen wares.

9. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) A ski instructor name Fey.
(b) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(c) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.
(d) A maid named Augustana and her family.

10. What does Georg develop that prompts Maria to urge him to see a specialist in New York?
(a) A terrible cough.
(b) A nervous twitch.
(c) A large bump on his knee.
(d) A limp.

11. After nine days of taking recorder lessons, what do campers at the von Trapp music camp do?
(a) Take a break and go hiking.
(b) Take a break and learn to make crafts.
(c) Put on a little show.
(d) Move on to learning the flute.

12. Maria is displeased that the Trapp family is registered as:
(a) Enemy aliens.
(b) Refugees.
(c) Escapees.
(d) Temporary citizens.

13. Maria explains that when they travel by rail, sometimes they have to wait for hours in:
(a) Smelly buildings.
(b) The heat.
(c) The snow.
(d) Freezing stations.

14. When the war ends in 1945 and the von Trapp boys return home, what does the music camp do?
(a) Records an album in their honor.
(b) Collects money for war refugees.
(c) Welcomes them back.
(d) Shuts down.

15. With their wool stage clothes being extremely uncomfortable in the East Coast summer humidity, what do the von Trapps do?
(a) Sew cotton versions of their costumes.
(b) Buy light, bright dresses and shorts for the stage.
(c) Order wool-like outfits made from lighter materials.
(d) Replace their costumes with evening gowns and light suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria says that after short weeks of practice:

2. After losing Georg, Maria states that "hundreds of people around you cannot" do what?

3. When the von Trapps begin to work on their music camp, to what extent is their house finished?

4. What does Maria say about traveling to concerts with children?

5. When the family entertains troops at a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp turned Army camp, what do Georg and Maria realize?

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