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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who performs the ceremony?
(a) Fermín.
(b) Bea's father.
(c) Daniel's father.
(d) Father Fernando.

2. Who is following Daniel and Fermín?
(a) The police.
(b) Julián.
(c) Daniel's father.
(d) Bea's father.

3. Who did Fermín marry?
(a) Bernarda.
(b) Bea.
(c) Clara.
(d) Rociíto.

4. Who pays for the publishing of Julián's books?
(a) Fermín.
(b) Nuria Monfort.
(c) Miquel Moliner.
(d) Fumero.

5. Who says, "One loves truly only once in a lifetime...even if one isn't aware of it"?
(a) Julián.
(b) Nuria.
(c) Miquel.
(d) Julián's father.

6. Where does Miquel find Julián?
(a) His boyhood home.
(b) A café.
(c) The hat shop.
(d) The Angel of Mist.

7. What does Nuria buy for Julián?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A book.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A fountain pen.

8. What surprises Daniel about Julián's story?
(a) Its similarities to his own.
(b) Its differences from his own.
(c) The complexity of the story.
(d) The lack of details.

9. What do Daniel and Fermín learn about Jacinta on their second visit to her home?
(a) She has written a book.
(b) She took a vacation.
(c) She moved to The Angel of Mist.
(d) She has passed away.

10. Where does Daniel find Bea?
(a) The Angel of Mist.
(b) At school.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) The bookshop.

11. Who picks Daniel up from the funeral?
(a) Palacios.
(b) Fumero.
(c) Julián.
(d) Fermín.

12. Where does Daniel take his son at the conclusion of the book?
(a) Paris.
(b) Julián's house.
(c) The Cemetery of Forgotten Books.
(d) The Angel of Mist.

13. Who surprises Daniel and his father at the bookshop at the beginning of City of Shadows Chapter 34?
(a) Tomás.
(b) Fermín.
(c) Father Fernando.
(d) Bea.

14. Who picks Daniel up after Tomás beats Daniel up?
(a) Bea.
(b) Fumero.
(c) Tomás.
(d) Fermín.

15. Of what does the descent into the cellar remind Daniel?
(a) His mother's funeral.
(b) His last meeting with Bea.
(c) Fermín's fight.
(d) Burning leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daniel die?

2. Who does Ricardo Aldaya make promise him that he will "find Julián Carax and ... kill him"?

3. Who does Nuria hide from at work?

4. How does Penélope die?

5. What does Don Federico give Daniel?

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