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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Baron scold Cosimo?
(a) for stealing food
(b) for riding a horse that wasn't his
(c) for stealing clothing
(d) making a spectacle of himself

2. How does Cosimo get a winter coat?
(a) his mother sent one to him
(b) he made it from animals he'd killed
(c) Viola gave him one
(d) he stole it

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

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

5. What does Biagio offer Cosimo as an apology?
(a) some wine
(b) some water
(c) a pie
(d) a blanket

6. What does Cosimo's father yell out to him at dinner?
(a) Biagio will be confined to the house
(b) he will be sent to prison
(c) he is forgiven
(d) if he doesn't come down he will starve

7. What happens when the townspeople and the pirates meet?
(a) they exchange goods
(b) fighting breaks out
(c) they never meet
(d) the townspeople split the treasure

8. Why does the Baron want Cosimo to come down from the trees?
(a) to help his little brother
(b) to assume his duties as a Baron heir
(c) to stop his mother from crying
(d) to go to a monastery

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

10. How does Cosimo's family receive the news of his popularity?
(a) enthusiastically
(b) with indifference
(c) with anger
(d) sadly

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

12. What do the burglars who tried to use Gian do to Cosimo?
(a) stole his tent
(b) kidnapped his brother
(c) killed his dog
(d) set his tree on fire

13. What does the Baron do when an important family visits?
(a) tries to keep Cosimo hidden
(b) asks them to take Cosimo to Paris
(c) asks them to see if he'll come down for them
(d) takes them to the family estate away from Cosimo

14. What bothers Cosimo most about fig trees?
(a) they are too short
(b) they're so sticky
(c) they have too many birds
(d) they smell

15. What does his uncle do when the pirates beginning running away?
(a) he kills the leader
(b) he climbs Cosimo's tree
(c) he runs with them
(d) he tries to escape too

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cosimo's mother communicate with him?

2. Who is the narrator of this book?

3. What is one of the main desires the Baron has concerning his son's choice of living arrangements?

4. Who sneaks out and covers Cosimo's tree with glue?

5. How do the boys who steal fruit react to Cosimo at first?

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