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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. How did Julián end up at San Gabriel's School?
(a) The school asked him to come.
(b) His father saved the money.
(c) He applied on his own.
(d) Through the Aldayas.

2. What is the Cemetery of Forgotten Books structured as?
(a) A church.
(b) A city.
(c) A shop.
(d) A labyrinth.

3. According to Clara's story, what supposedly happened to Julián Carax?
(a) He never wrote another book.
(b) He fought in a duel on his wedding day.
(c) He married his fiancée.
(d) He became friends with Monsieur Roquefort.

4. Why does Fermín's love interest visit the bookshop?
(a) To visit Daniel's father.
(b) To visit Fermín.
(c) To buy a book for her niece.
(d) To buy a book for herself.

5. How do Fermín and Daniel get into the nun's institution?
(a) By pretending to know someone inside.
(b) By pretending to have a delivery.
(c) By pretending to be from the undertaker.
(d) By pretending to be priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Daniel desire in Days of Ashes Chapter 5?

2. Why does Daniel go to see Nuria Monfort in City of Shadows Chapter 19?

3. Where does Daniel go in the beginning of City of Shadows Chapter 17?

4. What does Daniel give Clara?

5. What does Daniel promise the old man who tells him where the person he's looking for is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Santa Lucia Hospice.

2. Describe Nuria Monfort.

3. Why does Nuria think someone wants to destroy Julián's books?

4. Who does Father Fernando think is destroying Julián's books?

5. Why is Bea waiting outside the bookshop for Daniel in City of Shadows Chapter 26?

6. What surprises Daniel when he inquires about Julián Carax and his works?

7. Who does Daniel meet on the street on his 16th birthday, and what does the person want from Daniel?

8. What object does Daniel desire so greatly in Days of Ashes Chapter 5?

9. How does Daniel feel about his choice of The Shadow of the Wind?

10. What does Fermín discover about the post office box that was getting mail for Julián's mother?

(see the answer keys)

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