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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the little girl that asks Hazel about her oxygen device at the mall in Chapter 3?
(a) Anna
(b) Sarah
(c) Jennifer
(d) Jackie

2. What concept does Peter Van Houten describe as “a slut” in his letter in Chapter 7?
(a) Love
(b) Time
(c) Worry
(d) Death

3. What name has Hazel given to her large rectangular oxygen concentrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack
(b) Jim
(c) Bob
(d) Philip

4. The protagonist in the book that Augustus lent Hazel is described in Chapter 3 as killing how many people in 284 pages?
(a) 12
(b) 118
(c) 53
(d) 325

5. How many days is Hazel kept at the hospital after having the fluid drained from her lungs in Chapter 7?
(a) 4 days
(b) 6 days
(c) 2 days
(d) 10 days

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In his letter to Augustus in Chapter 7, Von Houten writes, “Language buries, but does not” what?

3. What Shakespearean play does Peter cite in his letter in Chapter 7 with the lines, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves”?

4. Who is the “perennially strong appendiceal cancer survivor” that fills in Hazel on the latest events at the cancer support group meeting in Chapter 9?

5. Who does Hazel ask her mother to call at the end of Chapter 7?

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