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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. 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?
2. In the following excerpt from Chapter 13, what literary technique is used? “[H]e broke down, just for one moment, his sob roaring impotent like a clap of thunder unaccompanied by lightning…”
3. What is Hazel’s middle name?
4. What sport had Augustus played in high school before he developed cancer?
5. What is the name of the room that Hazel and her mother stay in at the hotel in Amsterdam?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hazel express her grief in losing Augustus in Chapter 21?
2. What is ironic about Augustus’s revelation regarding his health in Chapter 13?
3. What does Peter Van Houten say about his daughter in Chapter 23?
4. What does Mrs. Lancaster reveal to Hazel about her future in Chapter 24? How does Hazel respond?
5. Where do Hazel and Augustus go after leaving Oranjee in Chapter 11? What do they discuss?
6. How is Hazel’s experience at the Anne Frank House described in Chapter 12?
7. How is Peter Van Houten’s appearance and demeanor described when he appears in Hazel’s car in Chapter 23?
8. What irony can be seen in the relationship between Isaac, Hazel, and Augustus in Chapter 14?
9. How does Peter Van Houten respond to Hazel’s questions about the characters in the book in Chapter 12?
10. What do Augustus, Isaac, and Hazel do after leaving Augustus’s house in Chapter 14?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Nurse Allison in the novel. What does Hazel relate to the reader regarding “good nurses” and “bad nurses”? Into which category does Nurse Allison fall? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Analyze and discuss the character of Augustus Waters in the novel. How long ago was Augustus’s leg amputated due to osteosarcoma? How did the amputation affect Augustus? What can you discern of Augustus’s character based on his actions in the novel? How does Augustus’s character evolve in the course of the story?
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