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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 is described in the second section of the triangle from the top on “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” in Chapter 13?

2. Kaitlyn tells Hazel in the phone in Chapter 25, “The boys I’m acquainted with are vastly” what?

3. What is the name of the cemetery where Augustus is buried?

4. Who is the author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?

5. Where does Augustus describe ten thousand corpses following the explosion of a volcano in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Augustus’s father call Hazel in Chapter 24? How does Hazel respond?

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

4. What is ironic about the conflicts that arise between Hazel and her parents in Chapter 20?

5. Who greets Hazel when she arrives at Augustus’s funeral in Chapter 22? What is discussed?

6. What thoughts does Hazel express regarding her separation from Augustus in Chapter 22?

7. What does Hazel encounter when she goes to visit Augustus in Chapter 17? How does she respond?

8. What does Mrs. Lancaster reveal to Hazel about her future in Chapter 24? How does Hazel respond?

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

10. What irony can be seen in the relationship between Isaac, Hazel, and Augustus in Chapter 14?

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

Courage in The Fault in Our Stars

a. Discuss the concept of courage in the novel. In what ways does Hazel display courage in the face of her illness? How does Augustus exhibit courage?

b. Discuss Hazel’s fears of intimacy and of hurting others in the novel. How does Hazel overcome these fears?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hazel’s fears and internal conflicts regarding her developing relationship with Augustus in the novel. Why do you think Hazel is afraid of getting too emotionally close to Augustus? Are these fears self-preserving? Why or why not?

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