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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothers Cosimo most about fig trees?
(a) they are too short
(b) they're so sticky
(c) they smell
(d) they have too many birds

2. How do the boys who steal fruit react to Cosimo at first?
(a) toss him out of the trees
(b) think he's wonderful
(c) they're indifferent
(d) set a trap for him

3. What eventually happens to the tree after it was covered in glue?
(a) it became a national monument
(b) it turns purple
(c) it becomes very heavy
(d) it dies

4. What has changed about the land the Baron wants Cosimo to rule some day?
(a) the organization of it
(b) the people who live on it
(c) the type of crops raised
(d) the type of families that live on it

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cosimo get a winter coat?

2. What do the burglars who tried to use Gian do to Cosimo?

3. What does Cosimo's mother want to know about his teams?

4. How does Cosimo drink and bathe?

5. What does Cosimo's father give him?

(see the answer key)

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