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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 holiday does Hazel’s mother say it is in Chapter 25?

2. Where do Hazel and her parents go on a picnic in Chapter 25?

3. What does Hazel slip into Augustus’s coffin at his funeral in Chapter 22?

4. What is the house number of Peter Van Houten’s residence in Chapter 12?

5. What is described in the top portion of the triangle of “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hazel respond when her mother insists she eat dinner in Chapter 24?

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

3. What symbolism and themes are represented through the death of Augustus in the novel?

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

5. How does Peter Van Houten respond to Hazel’s questions about the characters in the book in Chapter 12?

6. What exchange takes place between Hazel and Peter Van Houten after Augustus’s funeral in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

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

Describe and discuss the causes, symptoms, prognosis, and treatments for thyroid cancer. When in Chapter 1 does Hazel say she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer? What treatments has she undergone? Which were successful? How has Hazel’s cancer affected her everyday life since she was diagnosed?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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