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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does the girl on the horse go?
(a) to the apple orchard
(b) to the constable's
(c) to the palace
(d) the Ondarivas' garden

4. Biagio says Cosimo and Viola's relationship works best when?
(a) when she is tired
(b) when he is telling stories
(c) when it is mutually adventuresome
(d) when the dog is around

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

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

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

8. Why is a girl on a horse riding hard across the field for the trees?
(a) she has lost control of her horse
(b) two men are chasing her
(c) she exercising her horse
(d) she ran into a hornet's nest

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

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

11. Why did Biagio climb into the trees when his brother was 65 years old?
(a) to bring Viola there
(b) to bring him food
(c) to ask him to come down
(d) to bring him a picture of Viola

12. How do the Spaniards appear to Cosimo?
(a) dirty and poor
(b) finely dressed, somber, and civilized
(c) rough and uneducated
(d) disheartened

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

14. Who has written Father Sulpicio about revolutionary ideas?
(a) Cosimo's younger brother
(b) the church
(c) Cosimo's mother
(d) the Abbe

15. What is one of the first things Viola and Cosimo talk about?
(a) the day of their separtion
(b) Cosimo's father
(c) the boy gang of thieves
(d) Viola's aunts

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the townspeople raise a bed in the trees for Cosimo?

2. Why are the young men fleeing into the woods?

3. Why are the townspeople fascinated with his love life?

4. What role does Cosimo slip into with the Spaniards?

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

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