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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does “BiPAP” stand for in the narrative?
(a) “Bipolar productive air pump”
(b) “Bifurcated particular attribution principle”
(c) “Big particle airway passage”
(d) “Bilevel positive airway pressure”

2. In Chapter 5, Hazel says that “Worry is yet another side effect of” what?
(a) “Dying”
(b) “Loving”
(c) “Depression”
(d) “Anxiety”

3. What illness led to Augustus’s ex-girlfriend’s death?
(a) Uterine cancer
(b) Thyroid cancer
(c) AIDs
(d) Brain cancer

4. 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) The Rembrandt House
(c) St. Nicholas's Basilica
(d) The Anne Frank House

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”?
(a) King Lear
(b) Julius Caesar
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) Macbeth

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Augustus’s ex-girlfriend that he describes in Chapter 5?

3. In the email that Hazel receives from Von Houten’s assistant in Chapter 8, it says that Hazel and her mother and Augustus will be visiting Amsterdam beginning on what day?

4. How many days is Hazel kept at the hospital after having the fluid drained from her lungs in Chapter 7?

5. What is the name of the teddy bear that Hazel’s mother tucks her in with in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Hazel and Augustus relate well to one another in the novel?

2. What reply does Hazel receive via email in Chapter 5? How does Hazel respond?

3. What do Hazel and her mother encounter when the approach the door of Augustus’s house in Chapter 10? How do they respond?

4. What does Augustus reveal about himself at the cancer support group meeting in Chapter 1?

5. What exchange takes place between Hazel and Augustus via text message in Chapter 4?

6. What does Hazel learn about her trip to Amsterdam at the end of Chapter 8?

7. Why is Hazel taken to the hospital in Chapter 7? What does she learn about her condition when she awakens in ICU?

8. What information does Augustus reveal to Hazel when he sees her in the hospital in Chapter 7? How does she respond?

9. How does the relationship between Hazel and Augustus progress in Chapter 6? What fears does Hazel exhibit about Augustus?

10. What medical devices does Hazel use in the novel? Why?

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