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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. Augustus claims that he’s a bad driver because he has to drive how, in Chapter 2?

2. What concept does Peter Van Houten describe as “a slut” in his letter in Chapter 7?

3. 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?

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

5. What color eyes does Hazel have in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What differences do you see between Hazel and her friend Kaitlyn in Chapter 3?

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

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 do Hazel and her parents do in the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of the novel as established in Chapter 1. In what state do Hazel and her family live? How populous is the city where Hazel lives? What does Hazel think of the city where she and her family live?

Essay Topic 2

Define “narrative point of view” in literature and identify the qualities of the narrative style in The Fault in Our Stars. How would you describe the narrator of the story? Is the narrator involved in the action? Is the story related in past or present tense? How does each of these choices affect your reading of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Isaac in the novel. For how long has Hazel known Isaac through the support group before she meets Augustus? How does Augustus know Isaac? For how long have they been friends? How does Isaac’s cancer progress in the novel?

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