3. What does Biagio bring Cosimo during the rainstorm?
(a) a rain coat
(b) an old army tent
(c) a waterproof sleeping bag
(d) food and two umbrellas

4. Why is the meal at the beginning of the book significant?
(a) it will be Cosimo's last on the ground
(b) Cosimo's brother betrayed him by eating it
(c) it is of snails
(d) Cosimo's sister cooked it

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

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

7. Why to thieves drag Gian de Brughi from his hiding place?
(a) for the reward money
(b) to make him commit a robery
(c) so he will be blamed for their crimes
(d) so he can help them

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

9. Where does Cosimo carve his dog's name?
(a) on Viola's garden wall
(b) on his sword shealth
(c) on the roof of his father's house
(d) on his favorite tree

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

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

12. What does Cosimo tell the townspeople?
(a) the boys are afraid of him
(b) he knows the way home
(c) there is no reward
(d) he is not stealing

13. What does Cosimo conclude after studying Gian de Brughi's life and the stories about him?
(a) he doesn't exist
(b) he would have to use the trees to get away
(c) he would have to be very old
(d) other thieves just use his name

14. How far does Cosimo discover the trees go?
(a) beyond even Ombrossa
(b) close to the town
(c) mostly around his house and Viola's
(d) at least four neighbors down

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