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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. What is unusual about Clara?

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

3. What item is all over the locked room in Julián's old Barcelona home?

4. According to Nuria's first story about Julián, what did Julián have in his possession when he died?

5. What is the Aldayas' house called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Daniel delivers a book to Professor Velázquez?

4. What happens on Daniel's 16th birthday?

5. Describe the Santa Lucia Hospice.

6. What does Clara tell Daniel about Julián Carax's books in Days of Ashes Chapter 4?

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

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

9. Why does Daniel's father take him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books?

10. What does Daniel learn about Julián and the Fortuny family when he goes to the Fortuny hat shop in City of Shadows Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Daniel says that a regular customer in his father's bookshop once said, "...few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book that finds its way into the heart. Those first images, the echo of words we think we have left behind, accompany us throughout our lives and sculpt a palace in our memory..." What does the customer mean by this statement? How does The Shadow of the Wind become that book for Daniel? How does his reading of the book impact his life?

Essay Topic 2

Several people who know Julián mention that Daniel reminds them of Julián. In the book, how are Daniel and Julián alike? How are they different? Compare and contrast their lives as presented in the story. Use specific examples and quotes in your response.

Essay Topic 3

The Shadow of the Wind is a coming-of-age story for Daniel. Describe how Daniel changes throughout the story - from when the reader is first introduced to him at age 10, to Daniel's 16th birthday, to his marriage and fatherhood at the end of the novel. Use specific references and quotes from the story in your answer.

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