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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Maria find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine?
2. What does Maria appreciate that America has given her family?
3. What is the purpose of the organization the Trapps form in 1947?
4. Why is the photo the von Trapps show friends of their recently purchased home in Vermont not impressive?
5. In January of 1947, the von Trapp family receives an important letter from the:
Short Essay Questions
1. Right around the time of Georg's death, how is the media portraying the von Trapp family?
2. How does the start of the war affect attendance to the von Trapp concerts?
3. What does the family name their Vermont home, and why?
4. Where on their Vermont property does the family build a small chapel?
5. As the family travels across the United States on their concert tours, what do they appreciate about the scenery? What do they dislike about the landscape?
6. During a performance in Denver, the family discovers the "lacking ingredient" that their manager, Mr. Schang, had alluded to before. How is the discovery made, and what is the missing ingredient?
7. What does Maria state that she finds impressive regarding Americans and manual labor?
8. Why does Maria want to build a music camp near their home in Vermont?
9. During what Maria calls "the memorable year," what problems and issues do the von Trapps experience?
10. What is Maria surprised to find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine after the von Trapps have been in Vermont a while?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Captain and Maria come from very different backgrounds, he from a military career and she from a religious environment. Yet they are able to have a close, lasting relationship.
1. What significant differences are there between Maria and Georg? What similarities exist between the two?
2. Why do you think their marriage was successful despite their many differences? Explain in detail.
Essay Topic 2
Explain how Maria and the children tap into resourcefulness to: a) improve their quality of life, b) get out of a negative situation, and c) create new opportunities for themselves. Use a different example for each case.
Essay Topic 3
Life at the Von Trapp Villa undergoes a significant transformation when the newest governess, Maria, arrives.
1. Describe what life was like for the children and their father at their villa before Maria joins them.
2. Explain what new routines and activities they partake in after her arrival.
3. In your opinion, was the family better off before or after Maria came into their lives? Explain.
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