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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Viola do when she thinks she's not important enough to Cosimo?
(a) cries
(b) withdraws her affection
(c) won't let him speak to her
(d) slaps him

2. For what reason does Cosimo protect the townspeople?
(a) compassion
(b) to fight the French
(c) for a fee
(d) to maintain his image

3. What noise does Cosimo have the people do in the distance surrounding the collection area?
(a) rocks banging together
(b) sword fighting sounds
(c) pots and pans being hit on
(d) conch shells being blown

4. What gives Cosimo hope that he can find a lover?
(a) a community of Spaniards living in the trees
(b) Viola has returned
(c) several women have expressed interest
(d) his mother is arranging his marriage

5. How does Cosimo hitch a ride on a hot air balloon?
(a) Biagio threw him into it
(b) grabbed the anchor rope from the trees
(c) he jumped in the basket from the top of a tree
(d) a sit was lowered to him

6. What do the Spaniards keep doing about their situation?
(a) collect weapons
(b) nothing
(c) build an army
(d) draft letters of appeal to their sovereign

7. Where does Biagio go for a year?
(a) traveling
(b) to the King's court
(c) to a resort
(d) to his sister's

8. What do the Spainish men sit upon in the trees?
(a) round stools
(b) tree limbs
(c) cushions
(d) saddles

9. What do the Austrians say about the woods?
(a) the woods are full of Jacobins
(b) they are evil
(c) they are good cover for troops
(d) they are beautiful

10. What do the nobles do in response to the collecting problem?
(a) burn the village down
(b) shoot Cosimo
(c) lock themselves in their houses
(d) hang one of every 20 people

11. What does Cosimo confess when Ursula's father asks about his intentions?
(a) he will marry her and come with them
(b) he doesn't know how he feels
(c) he loves her
(d) he is just a friend

12. What do Cosimo and Prince Andrej find they have in common?
(a) not having a girlfriend
(b) ideals by which they live
(c) liking to live in trees
(d) a great, great uncle on his father's side

13. How does Biagio's story about the Cavalier's death differ from what happened?
(a) it is completely false
(b) he doesn't say anything about the death
(c) it is much simpler
(d) it is more complicated

14. Cosimo says love is best served when what is allowed?
(a) when they have children
(b) each to remain themselves
(c) when it is a monogamy
(d) when the man is in charge

15. How do the townspeople know Viola has left for a long absence?
(a) when Cosimo is in the ilex tree
(b) the dog is in the tree
(c) Cosimo quits talking
(d) they don't see her white horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he tell the vintners about the tithes that year?

2. What happens as the result of their argument?

3. Why does Cosimo keep the pirate's treasure a secret?

4. Why is Biagio called home?

5. What does Cosimo do to the Austrian soldiers?

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