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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Biagio offer Cosimo as an apology?
(a) some wine
(b) some water
(c) a pie
(d) a blanket

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

3. How does the family make another attempt in the afternoon to get Cosimo down?
(a) says he can eat what he wants
(b) offering cake and hot chocolate
(c) threatens to call the police
(d) the father climbs in the trees

4. Where is Viola sent when she leaves home?
(a) to the store
(b) to a reform school
(c) to a boarding school
(d) to her aunts' house

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What eventually happens to the tree after it was covered in glue?

2. Who does the Baron confide in and seek advice from?

3. Who follows Viola when she goes riding on her horse?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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