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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 do the townspeople do when Cosimo tells them of the cave?
(a) call the army
(b) go to arrest the Cavalier
(c) go to take the treasure
(d) tell him not to wake them up

2. What does Biagio do when he goes to bed that night?
(a) sneaks out after everyone's asleep
(b) cries himself to sleep
(c) prays that Cosimo will come hom
(d) leaves a candle burning for his brother

3. What does the Cavalier do for the Baron?
(a) control the peasants
(b) protect his land
(c) protect his wife
(d) keep his books

4. What does Cosimo tell Viola the next time he sees her?
(a) he will never leave the trees
(b) he has joined the band of boys
(c) his mother wants him to come home
(d) he loves her

5. How does Cosimo defend himself against a suggest of trespass in the garden?
(a) says he hasn't crossed the wall
(b) says his mother knows the owner
(c) says he is visiting
(d) says he hasn't actually put his foot on the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the meal at the beginning of the book significant?

2. What does Cosimo build in the trees for his books?

3. What does Cosimo's father give him?

4. Why is Biagio worried about Cosimo the night his father spoke with him?

5. What group of individuals hears about the Abbe's conversations with Cosimo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Biagio mourn in chapter four?

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

5. What do the burglars do to Cosimo?

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

7. Why is Cosimo curious about Gian de Brughi?

8. Why does Cosimo talk with the Abbe so much and what happens as the result?

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

10. What does Cosimo tell Biagio about their uncle's activities and what does he want to do about them?

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