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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. Who comes back to Ombrosa with the troops?

2. Why is Biagio called home?

3. Where does Cosimo send three French soldiers who have come through the woods?

4. What happened to the coats and hats of the French regiment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cosimo get shot and what does he do during his recovery?

3. Who does Cosimo meet at the Spaniard community that answers his need for love? What happens between them?

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

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

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

7. How does Cosimo feel towards Ursula and what does he tell her father?

8. What kind of stories does Biagio tell at the beginning of chapter twenty and who has he spoken with about his brother?

9. What happens to Ottimo Massimo in chapter twenty?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter six resolves the childhood connection Cosimo has had with Viola, and foreshadows the intensity of the admiration he will have for her.

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

2. Explain the use of foreshadow in this sentence. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Taking from the first six chapters, why do you think Cosimo admires Viola so much?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Both Viola and Cosimo are idealists, but with such fundamentally disparate ideals they can never be compatible unless one of them is willing to open themselves to adopting the other's point of view.

1. Who do you think would have an easier time changing, Viola or Cosimo? Why?

2. Do you think it is wise for someone to give up beliefs in order to be with someone? Why or why not?

3. Do you think either Viola or Cosimo is the most right in their last arguments? Why?

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