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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his letter to Augustus in Chapter 7, Von Houten writes, “Language buries, but does not” what?
(a) “Forgive”
(b) “Murder”
(c) “Impress”
(d) “Resurrect”

2. In Hazel’s American Literature class that she attends in the beginning of Chapter 3, the lecture is about what social reformer?
(a) Harriet Tubman
(b) Susan B. Anthony
(c) Frederick Douglass
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. What is the name of the leader of the support group that Hazel attends in the novel?
(a) Graham
(b) Isaac
(c) Patrick
(d) Dr. Jim

4. Peter Van Houten quotes from which of Shakespeare’s sonnets in his letter to Augustus in Chapter 7?
(a) The fifty-fifth sonnet
(b) The thirty-ninth sonnet
(c) The fifteenth sonnet
(d) The forty-third sonnet

5. Who does Hazel describe as the protagonist in the book that Augustus lent her in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem
(b) Harry Potter
(c) Elizabeth Anderson
(d) Corporal Wendy Weatherman

6. What movie star does Augustus frequently compare Hazel to in the novel?
(a) Angelina Jolie
(b) Helena Bonham Carter
(c) Meryl Streep
(d) Natalie Portman

7. In the beginning of Chapter 3, Hazel says she stayed up late that night reading what book?
(a) Under the Seashell Lake
(b) The Price of Dawn
(c) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(d) Roses amongst the Marigolds

8. 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) Susan
(b) Lida
(c) Michael
(d) Sarah

9. Where do Hazel, her mother, and Augustus change planes on their trip to Amsterdam in Chapter 10?
(a) New York
(b) Detroit
(c) Cincinnati
(d) Chicago

10. What is the name of the hamster in An Imperial Affliction that Hazel asks about in her email to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) Sisyphus
(b) Homer
(c) Herman
(d) Eurydice

11. What body part has Isaac lost due to cancer, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) His eye
(b) His spleen
(c) His leg
(d) His hand

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

13. Augustus tells Hazel in Chapter 8 that the reason he likes her is because it is rare to “come across a hot girl who creates and adjectival version of” what word?
(a) “Pedophile”
(b) “Predatory”
(c) “Particular”
(d) “Principle”

14. What does Augustus say he’s going to eat before the plane’s departure in Chapter 10?
(a) A breakfast burrito
(b) A hamburger
(c) A slice of pizza
(d) A taco

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what kind of church does Hazel’s cancer support group meet in the novel?

3. What hotel does Peter Van Houten’s assistant say Hazel will be staying at in Amsterdam in her email in Chapter 8?

4. What school does Augustus say he attends in Chapter 2?

5. 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”?

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