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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Father Don Sulpico reappeared in the area?
(a) bringing a message to Cosimo
(b) to start a new church
(c) to start a new order of monks
(d) still wants to stop free-thinking

2. What does Cosimo do when he can't get a woman for the night?
(a) he talks with his brother
(b) he sings loudly
(c) he wails and yawns
(d) he hunts night animals

3. What man returns to the town in a dream Cosimo has?
(a) Napoleon
(b) his father
(c) the Abbe
(d) Battista's husband

4. Why does Viola leave?
(a) she gets bored
(b) she can't get Cosimo to understand her
(c) she has estates she needs to care for
(d) she has a husband in Paris

5. What does Cosimo contribute to the secret ceremonies?
(a) one honoring trees
(b) nothing
(c) one to enrich farmers
(d) one to honor the rain

6. What do the townspeople begin to do to help Cosimo?
(a) bring him good food
(b) listen to him rant
(c) write him poetry
(d) look for another woman for him

7. What is Cosimo's next project after Viola leaves?
(a) finding a wife
(b) advocate and ambassador for the birds
(c) writing a book
(d) planting a new orchard

8. When does Cosimo arrive in Olivabassa?
(a) spring
(b) summer
(c) winter
(d) fall

9. For what reason has Cosimo found that Ottimo Massimo does not come back often?
(a) he is being fed better at another house
(b) he has died
(c) he has found a female dog
(d) he stays with a widow

10. What color are Ursula's eyes?
(a) green
(b) the color of periwinkles
(c) amber
(d) brown

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

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

13. What do Cosimo and Ursula end up doing?
(a) kissing
(b) getting married
(c) leaving
(d) falling from the trees

14. Who talks with Cosimo as an interpreter?
(a) Abbe Fensi Buccali
(b) Diego Sanchez Torio
(c) Father Sulpicio de Guadalete
(d) he doesn't need one, he speaks Spainish

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the first things Viola and Cosimo talk about?

2. Who comes back to Ombrosa with the troops?

3. What does Cosimo do when he sees the group?

4. What has Cosimo told the Spaniards is his reason for staying in the trees?

5. What does Viola say Cosimo's idea of love is?

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