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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. What does Cosimo challenge the Father to do?

2. Who comes back to Ombrosa with the troops?

3. What does Viola want Cosimo to allow?

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

5. What happens to Cosimo when Viola leaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is the chapter containing the recounting of the Baron's decline and eventual death. Sadness over the loss of his half brother, the absence of his daughter as she becomes the wife of a man with a terribly unpleasant family, the fact that Biagio's youth keeps him from being a satisfactory companion and loss of his dream of a noble lifestyle for his family all mean that he declines quickly.

1. Do you think emotional stress and loss can cause someone to sicken and die? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Cosimo should feel some responsibility for his father's death? Why or why not?

3. What do you think Cosimo could have done to help his father more? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Cosimo's intentions are pure and so he attributes pure intentions to the people around him.

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

2. Do you think someone could live in modern America with Cosimo's level of innocence and optimism about people? Why or why not?

3. Do you think living and see the world as Cosimo does makes him a happier person than most? Why or why not?

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