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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hotel does Peter Van Houten’s assistant say Hazel will be staying at in Amsterdam in her email in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. What movie has Hazel come to Augustus’s house to watch in Chapter 2?

5. How much fluid does Hazel learn was drained from her lungs when she awakens in the ICU in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What takes place during the movie in Chapter 2? How does Hazel get home after the film?

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

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

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

8. What is foreshadowed by Hazel’s visit to the support group in Chapter 9?

9. What does Hazel encounter when she arrives at Augustus’s house in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss osteosarcoma, the type of cancer that affects Augustus Waters in the novel. What are the causes, symptoms, forms of treatment, and prognosis of the disease? What new experimental treatments have been developed for osteosarcoma in the past decade? What treatments does Augustus undergo?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Mrs. Lancaster in the novel. How does Hazel describe her relationship with her mother? Do you think Mrs. Lancaster is a likable character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the main storyline, characters, themes, and settings in An Imperial Affliction. Why does Hazel relate to this novel? In what ways does she relate to the central character? How do the themes in An Imperial Affliction relate to the themes in The Fault in Our Stars?

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