1-Identify the following characters
- Baroness Schreider
- Louisa
- Brigitta
- Maria
- Captain Von Trapp
- Marta
- Friedrich
- Max Detweiler
- Gretl
- Mother Abbess
- Kurt
- Rolf
- Liesl
2- At the beginning of his story Maria is living in an abbey. What is an abbey?
3- Name and locate the country of the setting of this story.
4- Why is Maria a problem for the nuns?
5- How does Maria feel when she is sent away from the abbey?
6- Where do they send Maria, and what is she to do?
7- Why does Captain Von Trapp go away?
8- What does Maria do with the children while the Captain is away?
9- Why does the captain want to send Maria back to the abbey?
10- What makes him change his mind?
11- What does Colonel Detweiler (Uncle Max) want the children to do?
12- Why is the captain so strict with the children?
13- Why does Marie decide to leave?
14- How do the children feel after Maria has gone away, and what do they do about it?
15- What advice does Reverend Mother give Maria?
16- Why does the Captain decide not to marry the Baroness?
17- What historical event is happening in Austria at this time, and why is the captain in trouble?
18- The captain receives at telegram. What is the message in the telegram?
19- How does the Van Trapp family escape from Austria, and where do they go? Check the route of their travels on a map.