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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. Who does Daniel's father hire as an assistant in the shop?
2. Who tells Daniel and Fermín about Julián at the place where they go in City of Shadows Chapter 24?
3. Who told the story of Federico's arrest?
4. What does Daniel learn about Julián from Señor Aurora?
5. What does Daniel promise the old man who tells him where the person he's looking for is?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Daniel show Bea on their first date in City of Shadows Chapter 21?
2. Describe The Cemetery of Forgotten Books.
3. How does Daniel feel about his choice of The Shadow of the Wind?
4. Why does Nuria think someone wants to destroy Julián's books?
5. Why does Daniel's father take him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books?
6. What does Father Fernando tell Daniel and Fermín about Julián in City of Shadows Chapter 24?
7. What happens on Daniel's 16th birthday?
8. What object does Daniel desire so greatly in Days of Ashes Chapter 5?
9. Who does Daniel meet on the street on his 16th birthday, and what does the person want from Daniel?
10. Why does Daniel wake up screaming at the beginning of the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The title of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's book, The Shadow of the Wind, is the same as the title of Julián Carax's book that is the center of the storyline. What is the relevance of the books having the same title? Do you think it is appropriate that the two stories share a title? Why?
Essay Topic 2
The Shadow of the Wind uses the narration of Daniel, Nuria and Julián to tell the entire story. How do these multiple viewpoints and narrations aid in the story's development? Explore each character's contribution to the story using specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
When Daniel and Fermín first meet, they are extremely different from each other. After Daniel brings Fermín to work at the bookshop, the two become fast friends. Compare and contrast Daniel and Fermín. For example, how are their priorities different? How are their backgrounds different? How do they each approach life?
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