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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 gives Cosimo hope that he can find a lover?
(a) Viola has returned
(b) a community of Spaniards living in the trees
(c) his mother is arranging his marriage
(d) several women have expressed interest

2. For what reason has Cosimo found that Ottimo Massimo does not come back often?
(a) he has died
(b) he has found a female dog
(c) he stays with a widow
(d) he is being fed better at another house

3. Where does Biagio go for a year?
(a) traveling
(b) to the King's court
(c) to his sister's
(d) to a resort

4. Why has Cosimo decided to help the townspeople with their tithes to the nobles?
(a) to get more money
(b) to have fun
(c) to support the cause of justice and fairness
(d) to show how much he loves them

5. How does Cosimo hitch a ride on a hot air balloon?
(a) grabbed the anchor rope from the trees
(b) Biagio threw him into it
(c) a sit was lowered to him
(d) he jumped in the basket from the top of a tree

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Biagio's story about the Cavalier's death differ from what happened?

2. Why does he help the French lay out roads?

3. Why is a girl on a horse riding hard across the field for the trees?

4. What do the girl and Cosimo decide before he leaves?

5. Cosimo says love is best served when what is allowed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the townspeople see and say about Viola and Cosimo?

2. How does Cosimo die?

3. What does Cosimo do in general about the soldiers wandering around?

4. What is written about Cosimo's love life in chapter nineteen and how is it described?

5. When does Cosimo arrive in Olivabassa and what does he become there?

6. What does Cosimo do in specific to the soldiers in the woods?

7. What does Biagio find out about Viola's trips away?

8. What happens to Cosimo when Viola leaves?

9. What does Biagio say when he reflects on the ideals he and his brother had as youth?

10. Where does Cosimo get his first glimpse of the widow that his dog has been visiting and what is she doing when he sees her?

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