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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) the boys are afraid of him
(b) he is not stealing
(c) he knows the way home
(d) there is no reward

2. What did Cosimo do on Sundays with his family?
(a) play ball
(b) have a picnic in the trees
(c) eat Sunday dinner with them
(d) attend church

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

4. Why can Cosimo move from tree to tree?
(a) there are rope bridges
(b) Cosimo can jump long distances
(c) there are zip lines between the trees
(d) they are mature and grow close together

5. What does Cosimo see pirates doing one night?
(a) kidnapping women
(b) getting drunk
(c) unloading cargo into a cave
(d) stealing goats

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cosimo carve his dog's name?

2. Why to thieves drag Gian de Brughi from his hiding place?

3. What does Cosimo's family celebrate with a big affair?

4. Who is the narrator of this book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the discussion about trees that takes place at the beginning of chapter ten.

2. With what important meal does the book open with?

3. What does Cosimo do to impress Viola?

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

5. What do the burglars do to Cosimo?

6. How does Cosimo stay warm in the trees in the winter?

7. What does Cosimo's father request of him when he goes out to see him?

8. Why is Cosimo curious about Gian de Brughi?

9. How does Cosimo's mother feel by the evening about Cosimo still being in the trees?

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

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