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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peter Van Houten wearing when he answers the door in Chapter 12?
(a) A paisley smoking jacket
(b) Blue pajamas
(c) A heavy winter coat
(d) A black tuxedo

2. At what time does Augustus’s mother call Hazel to tell her that Augustus has died in Chapter 21?
(a) 3:30 a.m.
(b) 1:20 a.m.
(c) 4:00 a.m.
(d) 12:00 a.m.

3. What is the name of Peter Van Houten’s assistant that has emailed Augustus in Chapter 5?
(a) Lidewij Vliegenthart
(b) Elise Blocklandt van Montfoort
(c) Derek Wellington
(d) Jan Maelwael

4. What does Hazel call the school that she attends in Chapter 2?
(a) HSU
(b) CRR
(c) MCC
(d) North Central

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?
(a) “Virtue”
(b) “Hamartia”
(c) “Catharsis”
(d) “Alibi”

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Augustus describe ten thousand corpses following the explosion of a volcano in Chapter 14?

2. Augustus says to Hazel as they hang up the phone in Chapter 5, “Maybe okay will be our” what?

3. By what nickname does Isaac call Augustus in the novel?

4. What illness led to Augustus’s ex-girlfriend’s death?

5. What is the name of the tube that connects to Hazel’s oxygen tank and is inserted into her nostrils for breathing?

(see the answer key)

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