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

2. What does Hazel call the school that she attends in Chapter 2?

3. Hazel’s parents in Chapter 6 describe her as “a brilliant young reader with a side interest in” what?

4. At what park does Hazel recall playing with her father when she was young in Chapter 4?

5. Hazel’s parents come to her room after her outburst at dinner to tell her she is not what, in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hazel and her mother encounter when the approach the door of Augustus’s house in Chapter 10? How do they respond?

2. What information about Peter Van Houten does Augustus relate to Hazel in Chapter 5?

3. How are Augustus’s driving skills described in Chapter 2?

4. How long does Hazel stay at the hospital in Chapter 7? How is her stay described?

5. What internal conflict causes Hazel to call her friend Kaitlyn in Chapter 6?

6. What exchange takes place between Hazel and Augustus via text message in Chapter 4?

7. What does Hazel encounter when she arrives at Augustus’s house in Chapter 4?

8. What is foreshadowed by Hazel’s visit to the support group in Chapter 9?

9. What differences do you see between Hazel and her friend Kaitlyn in Chapter 3?

10. What book is Hazel reading in Chapter 4? What is the book about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss osteosarcoma, the type of cancer that affects Augustus Waters in the novel. What are the causes, symptoms, forms of treatment, and prognosis of the disease? What new experimental treatments have been developed for osteosarcoma in the past decade? What treatments does Augustus undergo?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel as established in Chapter 1. In what state do Hazel and her family live? How populous is the city where Hazel lives? What does Hazel think of the city where she and her family live?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Isaac in the novel. For how long has Hazel known Isaac through the support group before she meets Augustus? How does Augustus know Isaac? For how long have they been friends? How does Isaac’s cancer progress in the novel?

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