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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cosimo go when he is sent from the table for not eating?

2. What is Cosimo trying to do about the people who live below him?

3. Who watches Viola closely at her house?

4. Why is Cosimo curious about the thieve, Gian de Brughi?

5. How do the boys who steal fruit react to Cosimo at first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cosimo do to impress Viola?

2. What does Cosimo do when he sees the pirates unloading the boats and what happens as a result of his actions?

3. With what important meal does the book open with?

4. What does Biagio do in the morning after his brother spent the first night in the trees?

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

6. How does Cosimo's mother and father try to get him to come down from the trees and what does Biagio do?

7. How does the Count who visits the family feel about Cosimo's choice?

8. Why is Cosimo's mother nicknamed the Generalessa?

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

10. Why does the Cavlier slip off the Baron's land occasionally and how does Cosimo help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Biagio and Cosimo are left to identify their priorities and moralities on their own, basing them on the way the world appears to them. Their camaraderie is perfect until Biagio does not join Cosimo in his boycott of the meal of snails, and Biagio changes status to astonished observer of Cosimo's single-minded resolve.

1. How do you think Biagio felt when he caved in and ate the snails? Use examples from you book to support your answer.

2. If you were Cosimo would you blame Biagio for eating the snails? Why or why not?

3. Do you think the father was wrong for sending Cosimo from the table? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Cosimo meets the boys who steal fruit in the orchards around town, they first try to trap him, then invite him to join and finally, the reader is given a sense that he will become as a king to them.

1. Why do you think Cosimo is proving to be better in the trees after a couple of days then the boys, who have stolen fruit for years? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think Cosimo sees nothing wrong with stealing fruit? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The lesson Cosimo learns in chapter fourteen is that a problem that unites people is a powerful force for good as long as it exists.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think uniting people for a bad reason can be as powerful as for good? Why or why not?

3. If you had a task to do that would require a group to finish it, how would you go about organizing and inspiring them?

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