View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cosimo claim to be to the group?
(a) a married man
(b) a monk
(c) a Freemason
(d) an atheist

3. Why are the Spaniards in the trees?
(a) they have no homes
(b) they heard of Cosimo and want to try his life
(c) they are waiting for their homes to be built
(d) they are exiles

4. What happens when a jealous suitor goes after Cosimo?
(a) his arm is broken
(b) he gets grapeshot in his leg
(c) he breaks his ankle
(d) his nose is broken

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What army came in and almost arrested Battista and her husband?

2. Where does the girl on the horse go?

3. With what do the Cossacks come back?

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

5. What happens as the result of their argument?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Cosimo's father in chapter sixteen?

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

3. What does Biagio say about Viola and Cosimo's relationship?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 929 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample