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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. After Hazel calls 911 in Chapter 18, Augustus says, “Where is my chance to be somebody’s” what?

2. The Swedish rap CD that Peter Von Houten has playing in Hazel’s car in Chapter 23 is said to be by what artist?

3. What is the name of the restaurant where Hazel and Augustus have dinner reservations in Chapter 11?

4. What does Augustus ask Hazel to prepare and bring when she meets him in Chapter 20?

5. What word from Chapter 20 means “unyielding” or “unalterable”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augustus consume on the flight back from Amsterdam in Chapter 14?

2. What does Augustus reveal to Hazel about the state of his health in Chapter 13?

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

4. What is ironic about Augustus’s revelation regarding his health in Chapter 13?

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

6. What does Augustus tell Hazel about his treatment in Chapter 13?

7. How does Hazel express her grief in losing Augustus in Chapter 21?

8. What do Hazel and Isaac discuss when Hazel visits him in Chapter 23?

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

10. Where do Hazel and Augustus go after leaving Oranjee in Chapter 11? What do they discuss?

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

Discuss the literary allusion to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in the title of The Fault in Our Stars. Why does the author choose to allude to this play by Shakespeare? What is the full line and context from which the title is derived? How do the themes in Julius Caesar relate to the themes in The Fault in Our Stars?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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