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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) to start a new order of monks
(b) to start a new church
(c) bringing a message to Cosimo
(d) still wants to stop free-thinking

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

3. What is the girl doing when Cosimo arrives at the garden?
(a) sleeping under a tree
(b) petting his dog in her lap
(c) sitting on a bench
(d) wandering among the fountains

4. How does it seem the girls who spend the night with Cosimo feel?
(a) baffled
(b) like he took advantage of them
(c) like a once in a lifetime experience
(d) regretful

5. What does Cosimo do when he sees the group?
(a) ignores them
(b) hits them with tree limbs
(c) throws rocks at them
(d) greets them politely

6. Why has Cosimo become known as such a great lover?
(a) rumors
(b) he spread the story himself
(c) women talking
(d) people hearing him in the trees

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

8. How does Cosimo deal with the threat of the soldiers?
(a) with anger
(b) with fun and ingenuity
(c) he kills them one by one
(d) he ignores them

9. 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

10. What type of government is established by the new army?
(a) a French styled government
(b) democracy
(c) monarchy
(d) dictatorship

11. What does Cosimo claim to be to the group?
(a) a monk
(b) an atheist
(c) a married man
(d) a Freemason

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

13. What is Cosimo doing for long periods of time as an old man?
(a) writing a book
(b) telling stories
(c) talking to his brother
(d) sitting still and silent

14. What do the townspeople call Cosimo?
(a) Landless Baron
(b) Lord Baron
(c) Homeless Baron
(d) Tree Baron

15. Who collects the tithes from the people?
(a) the bailiff
(b) the actuary
(c) the sheriff
(d) the noble

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girl and Cosimo decide before he leaves?

2. What does Biagio think of Cosimo and the girl?

3. What does Biagio wish about his and his brother's ideas they had when they were young?

4. Why are the Spaniards in the trees?

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

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