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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. Which character says, "To truly hate is an art one learns with time"?
(a) Fermín.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Daniel's father.
(d) Clara.

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

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

4. What must a first-time visitor to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books do?
(a) Leave a book.
(b) Choose a book.
(c) Get lost.
(d) Spend the night.

5. Where does Bea want Daniel to meet her?
(a) The Aldayas' house.
(b) Her school.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) Julián's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Clara's story, what supposedly happened to Julián Carax?

2. What happened to most of Julián's books, according to Nuria?

3. Who is Tomás Aguilar?

4. What do Bea and Daniel do at the end of their first date?

5. How does Daniel feel about Clara when he first meets her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tomás and Daniel meet and become friends?

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

4. What does Father Fernando tell Daniel and Fermín about Julián in City of Shadows Chapter 24?

5. Describe Gustavo Barcelo.

6. Why does Daniel wake up screaming at the beginning of the book?

7. What happens to Don Federico in City of Shadows Chapter 18?

8. What does Jacinta tell Daniel and Fermín about Penélope and Julián?

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

10. Describe the Santa Lucia Hospice.

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