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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. Biagio says Cosimo and Viola's relationship works best when?
(a) when the dog is around
(b) when he is telling stories
(c) when it is mutually adventuresome
(d) when she is tired

2. What does Cosimo do when he can't get a woman for the night?
(a) he sings loudly
(b) he hunts night animals
(c) he talks with his brother
(d) he wails and yawns

3. Who has written Father Sulpicio about revolutionary ideas?
(a) the Abbe
(b) the church
(c) Cosimo's younger brother
(d) Cosimo's mother

4. Why does he help the French lay out roads?
(a) to protect the trees
(b) to save the farms
(c) for a wage
(d) for something to do

5. What does Biagio wish about his and his brother's ideas they had when they were young?
(a) that they would have been brought forward
(b) that they hadn't caused so much trouble
(c) that Biagio would have lived in the trees
(d) that Viola would have had them

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cosimo do to the Austrian soldiers?

3. What does Cosimo confess when Ursula's father asks about his intentions?

4. Where does Ottimo Massimo go one day after sniffing the breeze?

5. What does Cosimo see hope for in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Cosimo go to see in Olivabassa, and what does he find there?

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

3. How does Cosimo spend his time after the army shows up?

4. Where does the girl get her first glimpse of Cosimo and what does she do?

5. How does Cosimo die?

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

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

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

9. Who does Cosimo meet after his dream?

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

(see the answer keys)

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