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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car does Augustus drive in Chapter 2?
(a) A Ford SUV
(b) A Cadillac sedan
(c) A Dodge pickup
(d) A Toyota SUV

2. What word from Chapter 20 means “unyielding” or “unalterable”?
(a) Tolerable
(b) Inexorable
(c) Adulterated
(d) Insinuated

3. In the following excerpt from Chapter 13, what literary technique is used? “[H]e broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning…”
(a) Simile
(b) Dramatic irony
(c) Anticlimax
(d) Literary allusion

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An Imperial Affliction is a novel about a girl who lives in what U.S. state?

2. How many years ago does Peter Von Houten say his daughter died in Chapter 23?

3. What color eyes does Hazel have in the novel?

4. After Hazel calls 911 in Chapter 18, Augustus says, “Where is my chance to be somebody’s” what?

5. What is written on the sign that Hazel’s father holds at the airport in Chapter 14?

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