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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 the girl on the horse go?

2. What is the girl doing when Cosimo arrives at the garden?

3. How do the townspeople feel about Cosimo and Viola's relationship?

4. Where is Cosimo spending much of winter?

5. What happens when a jealous suitor goes after Cosimo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the townspeople see and say about Viola and Cosimo?

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

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

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

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

7. What happens to the story of the Cavalier's death?

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

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

10. Where does Cosimo get his first glimpse of the widow that his dog has been visiting and what is she doing when he sees her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Baron, has lost hope that his eldest son, Cosimo, will follow exactly the path of nobility he hoped he would.

1. Cosimo is obviously not doing what his father wants him to do. Do you think this makes him a bad child? Why or why not?

2. If your mother or father wanted you to enter a career field you didn't want, what would you do? How would you tell your parent?

3. Do you think children should have as much freedom at Cosimo's age as he does? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Revolutionary lifestyle and revolutionary thinking lead to revolution.

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

2. Explain why the American Revolution demonstrates this principle.

3. Do you think Cosimo would have developed such revolutionary thinking had he not taken to the trees? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The most valuable lesson Cosimo learns from the eccentric recluse, the Cavalier, is the importance of guarding himself against the loneliness to which his recent trend toward isolation might possibly lead.

1. Why do you think Cosimo might learn this lesson from the Cavalier? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. How are the Cavalier and Cosimo similar and dissimilar in their interactions with other people? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. In what ways do you think loneliness would happen in Cosimo's life?

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