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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. What does Cosimo tell the townspeople?
(a) there is no reward
(b) the boys are afraid of him
(c) he is not stealing
(d) he knows the way home

2. What does Cosimo do when Gian de Brughi is captured?
(a) testifies against him
(b) send him flowers
(c) claims to have done it himself
(d) rescues him

3. What does Gian de Brughi do while in hiding from the law after Cosimo rescued him?
(a) write his memoirs
(b) practice picking locks
(c) practices sword play
(d) read books

4. What does the Count say he's going to do with Cosimo's story?
(a) tell his story at court
(b) get the army out to pull him down
(c) give it to the newspapers
(d) get a judge to rule against him

5. What kind of talent does Battista have?
(a) fencing
(b) painting portraits
(c) weaving beautiful blankets
(d) preparing rodents and animals for eating

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cosimo's father so upset about him being gone?

2. How does the family make another attempt in the afternoon to get Cosimo down?

3. Who is the narrator of this book?

4. Where does Cosimo hide most of his letters?

5. Why is Cosimo attempting to catch his uncle with the pirates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Battista do to make Cosimo come home and what is the result of her action?

2. What does Biagio reveal about the Cavalier's story?

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

4. Why does Cosimo begin writing to authors of books he likes?

5. How does the Baron work out Cosimo's willingness to continue his education?

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

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

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

9. Why does the Cavlier slip off the Baron's land occasionally and how does Cosimo help him?

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

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