The Fountains of Silence: A Novel

Chapters 1-27

Reading Check

1. Blood (Chapter 1)

2. Gravedigger (Chapter 6)

3. A scholarship to journalism school (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. Daniel takes a picture of two men wearing wing-shaped hats and capes, even though his father has warned him to stay away from these men. (Chapter 3)

2. The woman says that her baby was born two days before and asks Puri if she knows where the baby is. This implies that the babies brought in through the back door have been stolen from their mothers. (Chapter 10)

3. Fuga means escape, and he got this nickname because, no matter how he was punished for it, he tried to run away over and over. (Chapter 14)

4. Rafa has deliberately chosen jobs that will force him to face his fears and overcome them. (Chapter 26)

Chapters 28-55

Reading Check

1. The women’s section of the Spanish fascist movement/Sección Femenina (Chapter 32)

2. A matador (Chapter 36)

3. Confession (Chapters 46-50)

Short Answer

1. Ana realizes that Daniel and all of the other guests at the hotel live a life of relative freedom that she does not have access to.