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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the boys' mothers get upset with them?
(a) they aren't in school
(b) they are stealing fruit
(c) they didn't steal enough fruit
(d) they don't go to church

2. Who does Cosimo begin correspondences with?
(a) writers of the books he likes
(b) the Ecclesiastical Tribunal
(c) the King's court
(d) his extended family

3. Who follows Viola when she goes riding on her horse?
(a) her older sister
(b) her brother
(c) her aunts
(d) no one

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

5. What does Cosimo say about resuming his education?
(a) he will come home in the fall
(b) he will teach himself
(c) he's willing to do it
(d) he won't do it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cosimo do when Gian de Brughi is captured?

2. How does the family make another attempt in the afternoon to get Cosimo down?

3. What did Cosimo do on Sundays with his family?

4. What group of individuals hears about the Abbe's conversations with Cosimo?

5. Why does Cosimo believe olive trees are great for climbing?

(see the answer key)

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