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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the fruit boys learn from Cosimo?
(a) how to find the best fruit
(b) how to avoid the farmers' dogs scenting them
(c) that the farmers are nice people
(d) how to move through the trees without going down

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

3. Why is the children's teacher with Cosimo's family?
(a) he's Cosimo's cousin
(b) he's Cosimo's uncle
(c) he is escaping being jailed for theft
(d) escaping the Inquisition

4. How far does Cosimo discover the trees go?
(a) beyond even Ombrossa
(b) at least four neighbors down
(c) close to the town
(d) mostly around his house and Viola's

5. Who is the narrator of this book?
(a) Cosimo's father
(b) Cosimo's mother
(c) Battista, Cosimo's sister
(d) Biagio, Cosimo's brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Viola offer Cosimo before she goes in the house?

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

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

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

5. What does Biagio offer Cosimo as an apology?

(see the answer key)

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