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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Cosimo and his dog wait patiently for?
(a) Viola to come home
(b) his brother to visit
(c) animals to hunt
(d) the boys in the gang

2. What do the boys do when Cosimo and Viola ignore them?
(a) spray them with water
(b) throw fruit at them
(c) scream at them
(d) throw gravel at them

3. Who does Viola blame for being shut up in her bedroom?
(a) the band of boys
(b) the Cavalier
(c) Cosimo
(d) her mother

4. What does Cosimo's mother decide about him staying in the trees?
(a) becomes quite proud of her son
(b) she disowns him
(c) she climbs in the trees herself
(d) she makes him a pillow

5. What does Cosimo's family celebrate with a big affair?
(a) his parents anniversary
(b) Cosimo's birthday
(c) the return of the king
(d) Battista's engagement

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

7. Why is Cosimo curious about the thieve, Gian de Brughi?
(a) he's been blamed for many robberies
(b) he wants to know what it's like to be famous
(c) he wants to learn how to steal
(d) he wants to capture him for the fame

8. What does Cosimo build in the trees for his books?
(a) a hanging waterproof basket
(b) a new wooden dwelling
(c) a protected bookcase
(d) nothing

9. What does Cosimo's father give him?
(a) his sword
(b) a bow and arrows
(c) better clothes
(d) a new knife

10. How does Cosimo drink and bathe?
(a) his brother brings him pails from the well
(b) hauling buckets from the river
(c) with rainwater
(d) he has a hose from the ground

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

12. How does the family make another attempt in the afternoon to get Cosimo down?
(a) offering cake and hot chocolate
(b) threatens to call the police
(c) says he can eat what he wants
(d) the father climbs in the trees

13. How does Cosimo want his brother to prove he can be trusted?
(a) to talk to Viola
(b) to steal some jewelery from their mother
(c) to sneak things for making a shelter
(d) to give him food everyday

14. Why is Cosimo attempting to catch his uncle with the pirates?
(a) he thinks it's exciting
(b) he thinks he's a traitor
(c) he wants a share of the cut
(d) he wants to tell his father

15. What is one of the main desires the Baron has concerning his son's choice of living arrangements?
(a) that he becomes famous for it
(b) that he hate it and come home
(c) to hide it from the world
(d) that he be comfortable and safe

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the meal at the beginning of the book significant?

2. How does Cosimo's family receive the news of his popularity?

3. Why to thieves drag Gian de Brughi from his hiding place?

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

5. What does Cosimo conclude after studying Gian de Brughi's life and the stories about him?

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