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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is the meal at the beginning of the book significant?
(a) Cosimo's brother betrayed him by eating it
(b) it is of snails
(c) it will be Cosimo's last on the ground
(d) Cosimo's sister cooked it

4. What do the boys do when Cosimo and Viola ignore them?
(a) throw fruit at them
(b) throw gravel at them
(c) spray them with water
(d) scream at them

5. What kind of talent does Battista have?
(a) preparing rodents and animals for eating
(b) fencing
(c) weaving beautiful blankets
(d) painting portraits

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the children's teacher with Cosimo's family?

2. What does the Cavalier do for the Baron?

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

4. How does Cosimo want his brother to prove he can be trusted?

5. Who does Cosimo's father send after him?

(see the answer key)

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