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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 Cosimo kill that has come up the tree where he is?
(a) a yellow cat
(b) a black bird
(c) a snake
(d) a large rat

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches Viola closely at her house?

2. What does Sinforosa do for the band of little boys?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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