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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 do Augustus and Hazel take with them when they visit the Funky Bones sculpture in Chapter 15?
(a) A guitar
(b) A bottle of champagne
(c) Augustus’s dog
(d) A picnic basket and fruit

2. What does Peter Van Houten have to drink when he invites Hazel and Augustus into his home in Chapter 12?
(a) Coffee
(b) Scotch
(c) Tea
(d) Lemonade

3. During Hazel’s speech in Chapter 20, she says, “I can’t talk about our love story, so I will talk about” what?
(a) “Science”
(b) “Math”
(c) “Freedom”
(d) “Poetry”

4. At Augustus’s funeral, he is dressed in the same suit that he wore previously where?
(a) To his mother’s funeral
(b) To Oranjee
(c) To the first group meeting he attended
(d) To visit Peter Van Houten

5. What character from An Imperial Affliction does Hazel try to dress like when she goes to meet Peter Van Houten in Chapter 12?
(a) Elizabeth
(b) Mary
(c) Anna
(d) Sarah

Short Answer Questions

1. What color t-shirt does Hazel wear to meet Peter Van Houten in Chapter 12?

2. What song by the band The Hectic Glow is played at Augustus’s funeral in Chapter 22?

3. What does Hazel watch on television with her parents in Chapter 24?

4. The cab driver tells Hazel’s mother in Chapter 11, “Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of” what?

5. What is referred to on the bottom portion of “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Augustus’s hospitalization in Chapter 15? What does Hazel learn when she visits him there?

2. What does Hazel encounter when she goes to meet Augustus at the gas station in Chapter 18? How does Hazel deal with the situation?

3. What symbolism and themes are represented through the death of Augustus in the novel?

4. How does Hazel express her grief in losing Augustus in Chapter 21?

5. What is ironic about Augustus’s revelation regarding his health in Chapter 13?

6. How is the restaurant Oranjee described in Chapter 11? What do Hazel and Augustus have here?

7. How does Peter Van Houten respond to Hazel’s questions about the characters in the book in Chapter 12?

8. What do Augustus, Isaac, and Hazel do after leaving Augustus’s house in Chapter 14?

9. What exchange takes place between Hazel and Peter Van Houten after Augustus’s funeral in Chapter 22?

10. What does Hazel encounter when she enters the support group meeting area in Chapter 20?

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