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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Cavalier do for the Baron?
(a) keep his books
(b) protect his wife
(c) control the peasants
(d) protect his land

4. Why can Cosimo move from tree to tree?
(a) Cosimo can jump long distances
(b) there are zip lines between the trees
(c) there are rope bridges
(d) they are mature and grow close together

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Cosimo do when the Abbe Fauchelefleur passes below him?

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

5. What do the boys do when Cosimo and Viola ignore them?

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