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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Cosimo's mother and father stroll through the forest?
(a) to go to the village
(b) for exercise
(c) to find more snails for dinner
(d) to entice him out of the trees

2. How does Sinforosa get around the village?
(a) she swings through the trees
(b) she walks
(c) in a carriage
(d) on a white horse

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

4. How does Cosimo defend himself against a suggest of trespass in the garden?
(a) says his mother knows the owner
(b) says he hasn't crossed the wall
(c) says he hasn't actually put his foot on the ground
(d) says he is visiting

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cosimo's mother communicate with him?

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

3. What does Cosimo's mother decide about him staying in the trees?

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

5. What does Cosimo tell Viola the next time he sees her?

(see the answer key)

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