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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the amount of the mortgage the von Trapps take out to purchase their Vermont home?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $23,000.
(c) $78,000.
(d) $12,000.

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

3. When the family entertains troops at a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp turned Army camp, what do Georg and Maria realize?
(a) The area is enchanting, and they could be happy living there.
(b) Soon it will be time to retire from show business.
(c) Army soldiers are very appreciative of their musical abilities.
(d) They much prefer singing outdoors than in stuffy theaters.

4. In the last chapter of the book, what does Maria credit for the recovery of her health?
(a) The love and support of her caring children.
(b) The love she still carries in her heart for Georg.
(c) The compassionate doctors and nurses who watched her around the clock.
(d) Thousands of letters and telegrams calling for prayer on her behalf.

5. When the family explores Vermont with real estate agents, what problem do they run into?
(a) Much of the landscape is not as attractive as they initially thought.
(b) Maria becomes sick with the flu.
(c) The youngest von Trapps become homesick for the city.
(d) The properties they can afford are too rundown.

6. What does "Cor Unum" mean?
(a) One heart.
(b) Together forever.
(c) Heart of music.
(d) Seize the day.

7. In America, who teaches Maria's little girls to play musical instruments?
(a) An accomplished jazz artist.
(b) A piano teacher who was once homeless.
(c) A former member of the Boston Symphony.
(d) An Austrian refugee who lives nearby.

8. When the von Trapps begin to work on their music camp, to what extent is their house finished?
(a) One half.
(b) Nearly done.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) One third.

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

10. With Georg's condition deteriorating rapidly, what does Father Wasner bring in?
(a) The book of Prayers for the Dying.
(b) The book of Compassion for the Last Days.
(c) A 400-year-old Bible.
(d) Holy water and a rosary.

11. What happens when Maria swallows a fly in mid-performance?
(a) She tells the audience, and they laugh good-naturedly.
(b) She excuses herself and has a coughing fit backstage.
(c) She continues singing as if nothing happened.
(d) She chokes on the fly and nearly passes out.

12. How many leaflets are printed to invite the public to the Trapp Family Music Camp?
(a) Forty thousand.
(b) Ten thousand.
(c) A thousand.
(d) A hundred thousand.

13. After the Trapp family gives a benefit concert to raise money for a school with a leaky roof, how does the school express gratitude?
(a) Naming a school wing after the von Trapps.
(b) Offering the family free tutoring services.
(c) Bringing the family home-cooked meals.
(d) Sending over carpentry students to help with construction.

14. After Maria insists on another audition with Columbia Concerts, what happens?
(a) The executives are more impressed the second time around.
(b) The family is escorted out and told to never return.
(c) The executives walk out before the family finishes.
(d) The family is invited to yet another audition.

15. Maria explains that in Europe, if one is washing dishes when a guest arrives unexpectedly, one:
(a) Asks the guest to help.
(b) Asks the guest to come back later.
(c) Finishes the dishes while chatting with the guest.
(d) Tries to hide the fact that he or she was doing dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the war ends in 1945 and the von Trapp boys return home, what does the music camp do?

2. In January of 1947, the von Trapp family receives an important letter from the:

3. Maria points out that at her camp, folks who start out with Mary Had A Little Lamb soon can play:

4. After Mr. Wagner no longer represents them, who do the von Trapps audition for?

5. When the Trapps are asked what they think of popular music, what does Father Wasner reply?

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