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

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

3. What date does Hazel’s mother say it is when she wakes Hazel up in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) July 14
(b) March 29
(c) September 12
(d) April 13

4. 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) Eurydice
(c) Homer
(d) Herman

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator’s mother in An Imperial Affliction is described in Chapter 4 as having an obsession with what kind of flowers?

3. On what days does Hazel’s cancer support group meet when she begins attending in Chapter 1?

4. What is Hazel’s mother doing when Hazel calls to her after reading Von Houten’s assistant’s email in Chapter 8?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hazel’s doctors respond when she asks about traveling to Amsterdam in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Augustus suggest selling Hazel’s swing set in Chapter 8?

3. How long does Hazel stay at the hospital in Chapter 7? How is her stay described?

4. How are Augustus’s driving skills described in Chapter 2?

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

6. What internal conflict causes Hazel to call her friend Kaitlyn in Chapter 6?

7. What information about Peter Van Houten does Augustus relate to Hazel in Chapter 5?

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

9. What does Hazel say she considers depression to be a side effect of in Chapter 1?

10. Where does Augustus go prior to the boarding of the plane in Chapter 10? Why?

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