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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told the story of Federico's arrest?
(a) Fumero.
(b) Fermín.
(c) Daniel's father.
(d) Don Anacleto.

2. What does the stranger on the street want from Daniel?
(a) Money.
(b) Daniel's copy of The Shadow of the Wind.
(c) Daniel's birthday present.
(d) A cigarette.

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

4. What item is all over the locked room in Julián's old Barcelona home?
(a) Bibles.
(b) Hymnals.
(c) Virgin Marys.
(d) Crucifixes.

5. What candy does Fermín always have on hand?
(a) A cherry lozenge.
(b) A Hershey's Kiss.
(c) A lemon Sugus.
(d) A piece of gum.

6. Why did no one want to buy "The Angel of Mist"?
(a) It was not large enough.
(b) It was too expensive.
(c) It was cursed.
(d) It was haunted.

7. Who does Daniel's father hire as an assistant in the shop?
(a) Fermín.
(b) Julián.
(c) Fumero.
(d) Tomás.

8. What does Daniel tell his father about Fermín in City of Shadows Chapter 19?
(a) That Fermín is stealing from them.
(b) That Fermín is seeing Bernarda.
(c) That he does not like Fermín.
(d) That Fumero came to the shop looking for him.

9. Where does Daniel take Bea in City of Shadows Chapter 21?
(a) His father's bookstore.
(b) Julián's father's hat shop
(c) Nuria Monfort's house.
(d) The Cemetery of Forgotten Books.

10. On his first visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, what book does Daniel take from the shelf?
(a) Shadows and Light.
(b) The Winds of Barcelona.
(c) The Shadow of Spain.
(d) The Shadow of the Wind.

11. What object does Daniel desire in Days of Ashes Chapter 5?
(a) A Montblanc Meinsterstück pen.
(b) A Volkswagen.
(c) A bookshop of his own.
(d) Vichy Catalan water springs.

12. What does Nuria Monfort do for a living?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Jeweler.
(c) Translator.
(d) Illustrator.

13. Who says, "I believe that nothing happens by chance. Deep down, things have their secret plan, even though we don't understand it."
(a) Tomás.
(b) Fermín.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Bea.

14. What does Doña Aurora call Daniel?
(a) A sweetheart.
(b) The devil.
(c) A liar.
(d) An angel.

15. What do Daniel and his acquaintance promise at the end of True to Character Chapter 14?
(a) To talk on the phone.
(b) To have dinner.
(c) To meet again.
(d) Never to see each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Daniel and his father live?

2. How do Fermín and Daniel get into the nun's institution?

3. How did Tomás and Daniel meet, according to Daniel's story?

4. What does a mysterious person leave on the bookshop counter?

5. Why was Federico, the watchmaker, arrested?

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