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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. How does Cosimo drink and bathe?

2. How does the Count that visits feel about Cosimo's life?

3. What is Cosimo's reply about running with the boy gang?

4. What do the pirates do to the Cavalier?

5. What does Cosimo do when Gian de Brughi is captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Biagio mourn in chapter four?

2. How does Cosimo's mother feel by the evening about Cosimo still being in the trees?

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

4. What do Cosimo's parents want to know about the men Cosimo enlisted for his project?

5. How does the Baron work out Cosimo's willingness to continue his education?

6. What does Battista do to make Cosimo come home and what is the result of her action?

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

8. What does Cosimo do to impress Viola?

9. How does Cosimo's first encounter with the fruit thieves happen?

10. What do the burglars do to Cosimo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In the trees, he and the boys are quite able to exist as equals, on the ground the boys return to sad, filthy places to be scolded and beaten by mothers who refuse to feed them if they have not been able to steal enough to feed themselves. This is the beginning of social awareness in young Cosimo.

1. How do you think Cosimo's beliefs about the world changes when he follows the boys home? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Why do you think a rich boy like Cosimo has never seen or known how poor people live? Do you think this situation exist today? Why or why not?

3. How do you think wealthy people in the United States might change if they lived in the poorer part of town for a year?

Essay Topic 3

Cosimo holds ideals with more fervor than he does love.

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

2. What ideal that you hold means so much to you that you would give up love for it? Why or why not would you do that?

3. Do you think beliefs are worth giving up love for? Why or why not?

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