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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isaac is said to live in a small ranch house in what neighborhood in Chapter 9?
(a) Greenwich Village
(b) Northgate
(c) The Upper East Side
(d) Meridian Hills

2. What color t-shirt does Hazel wear to meet Peter Van Houten in Chapter 12?
(a) Light gray
(b) Dark red
(c) Dark green
(d) Light blue

3. What date does Hazel’s mother say it is when she wakes Hazel up in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) September 12
(b) July 14
(c) March 29
(d) April 13

4. What twelve-year-old leukemic does Hazel learn has passed away at the support group meeting in Chapter 9?
(a) Paul
(b) Jason
(c) Michael
(d) Peter

5. Peter Van Houten quotes from which of Shakespeare’s sonnets in his letter to Augustus in Chapter 7?
(a) The forty-third sonnet
(b) The fifteenth sonnet
(c) The thirty-ninth sonnet
(d) The fifty-fifth sonnet

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 3, Hazel says she stayed up late that night reading what book?

2. Where does Hazel say her parents met while in the Peace Corps in Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the hamster in An Imperial Affliction that Hazel asks about in her email to the author in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of Peter Van Houten’s assistant that has emailed Augustus in Chapter 5?

5. In the letter from Peter Van Houten to Augustus in Chapter 7, he writes, “I am in receipt of your electronic mail dated the 14th of April and duly impressed by the Shakespearean complexity of your tragedy. Everyone in this tale has a rock-solid” what?

(see the answer key)

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