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

2. 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?
(a) Sarah
(b) Lida
(c) Susan
(d) Michael

3. Where does Hazel say her parents met while in the Peace Corps in Chapter 5?
(a) Papua, New Guinea
(b) Beirut, Lebanon
(c) Machu Picchu, Peru
(d) Athens, Greece

4. What holiday does Hazel’s mother say it is when she wakes Hazel in Chapter 3?
(a) Christmas Eve
(b) The anniversary of Hazel’s remission
(c) Hazel’s mother and father’s anniversary
(d) Hazel’s thirty-third half-birthday

5. Who does Hazel ask her mother to call at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Isaac
(b) Dr. Maria
(c) Augustus
(d) Dr. Jim

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the little girl that asks Hazel about her oxygen device at the mall in Chapter 3?

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

3. The title of An Imperial Affliction is said to be derived from a poem by whom in Chapter 5?

4. How many years’ worth of fan mail does Peter Van Houten say he has piled up in his home in Chapter 12?

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

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