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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what kind of church does Hazel’s cancer support group meet in the novel?
(a) Episcopal
(b) Baptist
(c) Catholic
(d) Methodist

2. In the conclusion of the email from Von Houten’s assistant in Chapter 8, she suggests that after meeting Von Houten perhaps they could tour a museum or what monument?
(a) The Van Gogh Museum
(b) St. Nicholas's Basilica
(c) The Rembrandt House
(d) The Anne Frank House

3. When Hazel presents the idea of going to Amsterdam to her mother in the beginning of Chapter 6, her mother replies that she will ask whom about it?
(a) Dr. Allison
(b) Dr. Roberts
(c) Dr. Jim
(d) Dr. Maria

4. Who does Kaitlyn say she’s been dating “for a bit” in Chapter 3?
(a) Jesse Waterman
(b) Philip Jackson
(c) James Thullman
(d) Derek Wellington

5. What is the name of the narrator of An Imperial Affliction, according to Hazel in Chapter 4?
(a) Jenny
(b) Jessica
(c) Marie
(d) Anna

6. How many living people does Augustus say there are on the earth in Chapter 10?
(a) 10 billion
(b) 15 billion
(c) 2 billion
(d) 7 billion

7. Hazel’s parents in Chapter 6 describe her as “a brilliant young reader with a side interest in” what?
(a) “Poetry and music”
(b) “Horrible television shows”
(c) “Miniature golf”
(d) “Baseball cards”

8. What does Hazel say she was diagnosed with at age thirteen in Chapter 2?
(a) Stage III diabetes
(b) Stage II lung cancer
(c) Stage IV leukemia
(d) Stage IV thyroid cancer

9. How many pages is An Imperial Affliction said to be in Chapter 4?
(a) 453
(b) 213
(c) 591
(d) 651

10. At what time does Hazel’s mother wake her up on the day of their flight in Chapter 10?
(a) 6:45 a.m.
(b) 8:30 a.m.
(c) 5:30 a.m.
(d) 10:00 a.m.

11. What television show does Hazel want to stay home and watch instead of going to the cancer support group in Chapter 1?
(a) Saturday Night Live
(b) The View
(c) Twin Peaks
(d) America’s Next Top Model

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

13. 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) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Susan B. Anthony
(d) Frederick Douglass

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

15. An Imperial Affliction is a novel about a girl who lives in what U.S. state?
(a) Ohio
(b) California
(c) North Carolina
(d) New Jersey

Short Answer Questions

1. Hazel’s parents come to her room after her outburst at dinner to tell her she is not what, in Chapter 6?

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

3. What movie about a Spartan battle do Hazel and Augustus watch during the flight to Amsterdam?

4. What is described in Chapter 6 as Augustus’s favorite band?

5. Where do Hazel, her mother, and Augustus change planes on their trip to Amsterdam in Chapter 10?

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