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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why to thieves drag Gian de Brughi from his hiding place?
(a) to make him commit a robery
(b) so he can help them
(c) so he will be blamed for their crimes
(d) for the reward money

2. Who follows Viola when she goes riding on her horse?
(a) her aunts
(b) no one
(c) her older sister
(d) her brother

3. How does Cosimo's family receive the news of his popularity?
(a) enthusiastically
(b) with indifference
(c) sadly
(d) with anger

4. Who does the Baron confide in and seek advice from?
(a) the Cavalier
(b) Cosimo
(c) Viola's father
(d) his wife

5. What does Cosimo do when Gian de Brughi is captured?
(a) send him flowers
(b) claims to have done it himself
(c) rescues him
(d) testifies against him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cosimo's father yell out to him at dinner?

2. What happens to Gian de Brughi?

3. How does Cosimo defend himself against a suggest of trespass in the garden?

4. Why do the boys' mothers get upset with them?

5. Why does the Cavalier sneak off the Baron's land sometimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the burglars do to Cosimo?

2. What does Cosimo's father request of him when he goes out to see him?

3. What does Biagio reveal about the Cavalier's story?

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

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

6. Why does Cosimo begin writing to authors of books he likes?

7. What is Cosimo's thoughts concerning the people living below him?

8. What does Biagio mourn in chapter four?

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

10. Who does Cosimo meet in a neighbor's garden as he explores through the trees?

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