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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men from town ask Cosimo to come down?
(a) so he can be punished for stealing fruit
(b) so they can collect a reward
(c) to take him home
(d) so he won't be attacked by the fruit boys

2. Why is the children's teacher with Cosimo's family?
(a) he is escaping being jailed for theft
(b) he's Cosimo's uncle
(c) escaping the Inquisition
(d) he's Cosimo's cousin

3. What does the Count say he's going to do with Cosimo's story?
(a) tell his story at court
(b) give it to the newspapers
(c) get the army out to pull him down
(d) get a judge to rule against him

4. What noise does Cosimo have the people do in the distance surrounding the collection area?
(a) pots and pans being hit on
(b) rocks banging together
(c) conch shells being blown
(d) sword fighting sounds

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Viola blame for being shut up in her bedroom?

2. What bothers Cosimo most about fig trees?

3. What do the girl and Cosimo decide before he leaves?

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

5. When Cosimo writes a treatise on living in the trees to whom does he send it?

(see the answer key)

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