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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cosimo believe olive trees are great for climbing?
(a) they have good traction
(b) they smell nice
(c) their branches are close together
(d) they have small leaves

2. What did Cosimo do on Sundays with his family?
(a) eat Sunday dinner with them
(b) have a picnic in the trees
(c) play ball
(d) attend church

3. How do the Spaniards appear to Cosimo?
(a) rough and uneducated
(b) disheartened
(c) dirty and poor
(d) finely dressed, somber, and civilized

4. Why is Biagio called home?
(a) his sister is ill
(b) Cosimo has fallen from a tall tree
(c) Cosimo wants him to be Baron
(d) their mother's asthma has gotten much worse

5. What is Cosimo learning from the people below him?
(a) new languages
(b) how to ride a horse
(c) how to grow food
(d) how to build a house

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gives Cosimo hope that he can find a lover?

3. Why does the Abbe listen so carefully to Cosimo?

4. What happens when the townspeople and the pirates meet?

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

(see the answer key)

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