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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Abbe listen so carefully to Cosimo?
(a) he is his teacher
(b) he tries to correct Cosimo's language
(c) he is bored with his life
(d) he is full of startling ideas

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

3. How long were the brothers locked in their rooms for trying to rescue snails?
(a) three days
(b) a week
(c) two days
(d) 24 hours

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

5. How does Cosimo's mother communicate with him?
(a) sending village boys with notes
(b) screaming up at the tree
(c) through a bull horn
(d) flag signals

6. What do the pirates do to the Cavalier?
(a) beat him up
(b) kill him
(c) carry him away
(d) give him money

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

8. What does the Cavalier do for the Baron?
(a) control the peasants
(b) protect his wife
(c) protect his land
(d) keep his books

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

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

11. What does Cosimo's mother want to know about his teams?
(a) if they want to live in the trees with him
(b) if they obey him
(c) if they're armed and doing maneuvers
(d) if they feed him

12. What does Viola offer Cosimo before she goes in the house?
(a) coffee
(b) hot tea
(c) hot chocolate
(d) milk and cookies

13. What does Cosimo suggest the Cavalier might do?
(a) bring Cosimo some food
(b) go to court
(c) get married
(d) design an irigation system

14. What do the townspeople do when Cosimo tells them of the cave?
(a) go to take the treasure
(b) call the army
(c) tell him not to wake them up
(d) go to arrest the Cavalier

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Gian de Brughi do while in hiding from the law after Cosimo rescued him?

4. Why is Biagio worried about Cosimo the night his father spoke with him?

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

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