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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the fruit boys learn from Cosimo?
(a) how to avoid the farmers' dogs scenting them
(b) how to move through the trees without going down
(c) how to find the best fruit
(d) that the farmers are nice people

2. How does Cosimo defend himself against a suggest of trespass in the garden?
(a) says his mother knows the owner
(b) says he hasn't actually put his foot on the ground
(c) says he is visiting
(d) says he hasn't crossed the wall

3. Who follows Viola when she goes riding on her horse?
(a) her aunts
(b) no one
(c) her brother
(d) her older sister

4. What kind of talent does Battista have?
(a) preparing rodents and animals for eating
(b) weaving beautiful blankets
(c) fencing
(d) painting portraits

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

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

7. How do the boys who steal fruit react to Cosimo at first?
(a) set a trap for him
(b) they're indifferent
(c) think he's wonderful
(d) toss him out of the trees

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

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

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

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

12. 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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cosimo curious about the thieve, Gian de Brughi?

2. Why is the children's teacher with Cosimo's family?

3. What does Biagio do when he goes to bed that night?

4. What is Cosimo first to discover about the trees?

5. Who helps Cosimo with his plans?

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