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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cosimo go when he is sent from the table for not eating?
(a) holm oak in the back yard
(b) to the church
(c) to town
(d) to his room

2. Where is Viola sent when she leaves home?
(a) to her aunts' house
(b) to a reform school
(c) to a boarding school
(d) to the store

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

4. What is Cosimo learning from the people below him?
(a) how to grow food
(b) new languages
(c) how to ride a horse
(d) how to build a house

5. What does Cosimo decide to build?
(a) a new tree house
(b) barrels of water high in the trees
(c) a zip line system in the trees
(d) walkways between trees

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cosimo's father send after him?

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

3. Why do Cosimo's mother and father stroll through the forest?

4. How does Cosimo defend himself against a suggest of trespass in the garden?

5. How far does Cosimo discover the trees go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cosimo do when he sees the pirates unloading the boats and what happens as a result of his actions?

2. What does Cosimo do to impress Viola?

3. What is Cosimo's thoughts concerning the people living below him?

4. Who does Cosimo meet in a neighbor's garden as he explores through the trees?

5. What do the burglars do to Cosimo?

6. What happens when Cosimo's father sends the Cavalier to capture him?

7. What does Cosimo tell Viola about a decision and what happens when he tells her?

8. How does Cosimo's first encounter with the fruit thieves happen?

9. How does the Count who visits the family feel about Cosimo's choice?

10. What does Biagio do in the morning after his brother spent the first night in the trees?

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