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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character from An Imperial Affliction does Hazel try to dress like when she goes to meet Peter Van Houten in Chapter 12?
(a) Sarah
(b) Mary
(c) Anna
(d) Elizabeth

2. By what nickname does Isaac call Augustus in the novel?
(a) August
(b) Bernie
(c) Auggie
(d) Gus

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

4. How many years’ worth of fan mail does Peter Van Houten say he has piled up in his home in Chapter 12?
(a) 25
(b) 12
(c) 5
(d) 18

5. The title of An Imperial Affliction is said to be derived from a poem by whom in Chapter 5?
(a) Walt Whitman
(b) T. S. Elliot
(c) Emily Dickinson
(d) Sylvia Plath

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The word “ontology” from Chapter 12 refers to a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of what?

3. What game does Hazel play with Isaac at his house in Chapter 9?

4. What twelve-year-old leukemic does Hazel learn has passed away at the support group meeting in Chapter 9?

5. Who is with Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem in the dark, empty room in the video game that Hazel plays with Isaac in Chapter 9?

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