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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. At what kind of church does Hazel’s cancer support group meet in the novel?

2. Where do Hazel, her mother, and Augustus change planes on their trip to Amsterdam in Chapter 10?

3. Peter Van Houten quotes from which of Shakespeare’s sonnets in his letter to Augustus in Chapter 7?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Augustus reveal to Hazel when he sees her in the hospital in Chapter 7? How does she respond?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What book is Hazel reading in Chapter 4? What is the book about?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define “irony” and discuss the irony of Augustus’s illness as revealed in Chapter 13. Why did Hazel gloss over her own prognosis? How does the progression of Augustus’s cancer change the relationship between Hazel and Augustus?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Cancer Team Meeting that Hazel attends with her parents and doctors in Chapter 8. What is related regarding Hazel’s treatment with the drug Phalanxifor at the meeting? Based upon the discussions at the meeting, how would you describe Hazel’s prognosis? What is decided regarding Hazel’s trip to Amsterdam?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Where in the city do Augustus, Hazel, and Mrs. Lancaster stay? What monuments and tourist attractions are described in this area of the city? What are Hazel’s impressions of Amsterdam?

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