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

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

3. Where does Hazel say her parents met while in the Peace Corps in Chapter 5?
(a) Athens, Greece
(b) Beirut, Lebanon
(c) Machu Picchu, Peru
(d) Papua, New Guinea

4. What is Augustus’s last name in the novel?
(a) Wilson
(b) Lancaster
(c) McAdams
(d) Waters

5. Who is the “cute, chubby girl” with a scar extending from the side of her nose and across her face that is at the meeting in Chapter 9?
(a) Allison
(b) Monica
(c) Susan
(d) Deborah

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter from Peter Van Houten to Augustus in Chapter 7, he writes, “I am in receipt of your electronic mail dated the 14th of April and duly impressed by the Shakespearean complexity of your tragedy. Everyone in this tale has a rock-solid” what?

2. What movie star does Augustus frequently compare Hazel to in the novel?

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

4. What hospital is Hazel taken to in Chapter 7?

5. How many living people does Augustus say there are on the earth in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Isaac and Hazel discuss at the support group meeting in Chapter 9?

6. Whom does Hazel send an email to in Chapter 5? What does she say in the email?

7. What holiday does Hazel’s mother declare in Chapter 3? How does Hazel decide to celebrate?

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

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

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

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