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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of plants does Cosimo find in a neighbor's garden?
(a) tomato plants
(b) from all over the world
(c) tropical plants
(d) nut trees

2. Where does Cosimo go when he is sent from the table for not eating?
(a) holm oak in the back yard
(b) to the church
(c) to town
(d) to his room

3. Why do the men from town ask Cosimo to come down?
(a) so they can collect a reward
(b) so he can be punished for stealing fruit
(c) so he won't be attacked by the fruit boys
(d) to take him home

4. What does Cosimo tell the townspeople?
(a) the boys are afraid of him
(b) there is no reward
(c) he is not stealing
(d) he knows the way home

5. How long were the brothers locked in their rooms for trying to rescue snails?
(a) a week
(b) 24 hours
(c) two days
(d) three days

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family make another attempt in the afternoon to get Cosimo down?

2. Why do Cosimo's mother and father stroll through the forest?

3. What kind of talent does Battista have?

4. Why is the meal at the beginning of the book significant?

5. What is Cosimo first to discover about the trees?

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