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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 girl and Cosimo decide before he leaves?
(a) that Cosimo would visit her in a week
(b) that they would marry
(c) to meet somewhere
(d) that the dog can stay with her

2. How do the townspeople know Viola has left for a long absence?
(a) Cosimo quits talking
(b) the dog is in the tree
(c) when Cosimo is in the ilex tree
(d) they don't see her white horse

3. What army came in and almost arrested Battista and her husband?
(a) the Republican army
(b) the Italian army
(c) the English army
(d) the Austrian army

4. What do the nobles do in response to the collecting problem?
(a) lock themselves in their houses
(b) shoot Cosimo
(c) hang one of every 20 people
(d) burn the village down

5. Where does Ottimo Massimo go one day after sniffing the breeze?
(a) to an apple orchard
(b) to the ocean
(c) across a meadow
(d) down the river

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cosimo keep the pirate's treasure a secret?

2. How do the townspeople feel about Cosimo and Viola's relationship?

3. What type of government is established by the new army?

4. What gives Cosimo hope that he can find a lover?

5. Why are the townspeople fascinated with his love life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What results from Cosimo convincing Sulpico that he is a Freemason?

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

4. How does Cosimo demonstrate his support for justice and fairness in chapter twenty-six?

5. What brings Cosimo out of his depression and what does he do?

6. Describe the dream Cosimo had in chapter twenty-nine.

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

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

9. What army show up in chapter twenty-eight and who is almost arrested by them?

10. How do Cosimo and Viola feel right before they separate?

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