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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has changed about the land the Baron wants Cosimo to rule some day?
(a) the type of families that live on it
(b) the organization of it
(c) the type of crops raised
(d) the people who live on it

3. Who sneaks out and covers Cosimo's tree with glue?
(a) the Cavalier
(b) Battista
(c) Viola
(d) Biagio

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

5. What does Cosimo decide to build?
(a) a new tree house
(b) barrels of water high in the trees
(c) a zip line system in the trees
(d) walkways between trees

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

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

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

9. 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

10. What is Cosimo learning from the people below him?
(a) new languages
(b) how to build a house
(c) how to grow food
(d) how to ride a horse

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

12. What is Cosimo first to discover about the trees?
(a) the possible mobility trees provide
(b) they are more species than known
(c) they are not healthy
(d) they are much older than people thought

13. Why can Cosimo move from tree to tree?
(a) there are zip lines between the trees
(b) they are mature and grow close together
(c) there are rope bridges
(d) Cosimo can jump long distances

14. What does Cosimo do when the Abbe Fauchelefleur passes below him?
(a) tosses bits of nature down on him
(b) talk to him
(c) ignore him
(d) spit on him

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Abbe listen so carefully to Cosimo?

4. What job does Cosimo do for local growers?

5. Where is Viola sent when she leaves home?

(see the answer keys)

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