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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Spaniards appear to Cosimo?
(a) rough and uneducated
(b) disheartened
(c) finely dressed, somber, and civilized
(d) dirty and poor

2. What does Cosimo say about resuming his education?
(a) he won't do it
(b) he will come home in the fall
(c) he's willing to do it
(d) he will teach himself

3. What is Cosimo first to discover about the trees?
(a) the possible mobility trees provide
(b) they are much older than people thought
(c) they are more species than known
(d) they are not healthy

4. What does Biagio seem to indicate is the main reason for the Baron's death?
(a) his wife had died
(b) disappointment over life
(c) an old war injury
(d) the plague

5. What does the Count say he's going to do with Cosimo's story?
(a) get a judge to rule against him
(b) give it to the newspapers
(c) tell his story at court
(d) get the army out to pull him down

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plants does Cosimo find in a neighbor's garden?

2. What bothers Cosimo most about fig trees?

3. Who does Cosimo begin correspondences with?

4. Who has written Father Sulpicio about revolutionary ideas?

5. What has changed about the land the Baron wants Cosimo to rule some day?

(see the answer key)

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