4Hb: the fault in our stars

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

TFIOS

How do/did you like it?

From whose perspective is TFIOS written?

1. All-knowing narrator
2. Hazel Grace
3. Augustus
4. Van Houten

What does Augustus say he fears at the support group meeting where he first meets Hazel?

1. meaninglessness
2. oblivion
3. cancer
4. nothing

Which of these is a side effect of dying that is not mentioned in The Fault in Our Stars?

1. Depression
2. Worry
3. Restlessness
4. nostalgia

In their correspondence, what reason does Van Houten give for not answering Hazel’s list of questions about the fate of the characters of An Imperial Affliction?

1. He does not know the answer
2. He doesn't trust Hazel to not publish or share them
3. He is working on a sequel
4. His Lawyer does not allow him to share them

In what cliché way, according to Augustus, did Hazel choose to use her wish from the Genie Foundation when she was thirteen?

1. a pet pony named Purple Pony
2. donated her wish to someone less fortnuate
3. trip to Disney World
4. backstage pass to an 'N Sync concert

What does Hazel learn about Augustus on their flight to Amsterdam?

1. He loves cats
2. he hates anchovies
3. he is afraid of heights
4. he is afraid of flying

Where do Hazel and Augustus share their first romantic kiss?

1. Funky bones
2. Gus' car
3. literal heart of Jesus
4. House of Anne Frank

What do Augustus and Isaac do to get revenge against Isaac’s ex-girlfriend?

1. Call her house and leave strange messages
2. Toilet paper her house
3. egg her car
4. cut her hair

What type of Narrator is used?

1. first-person
2. second-person
3. third-person
4. omniscient

Now:

in break-out room: discuss the 7 questions about the novel.

You have 20 minutes to discuss.

Afterwards we discuss the answers

Who/what is... ?

1. Sisyphus the Hamster 
2. The Prince of Dawn 

3. The Literal Heart of Jesus 

4. Lidewij Vliegenthart 

5. Cancer Perk 

Who says

1. “I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?” 

2. “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up.” 

Put Extract 1 into context

What is happening in Extract 2?

What happened on the night of the broken trophies?

Which character do you identify with most?

Hazel Grace

Augustes

Isaac

Lidewij

Van Houten

Hazel's Mom

Other

Some discussion questions

How do the novel’s various characters seek relief from their pain?

Does the novel suggest that some ways of coping with grief are better than others?

How are the characters’ concerns different from those of healthy teenagers as a result of their cancers?