Summer Reading Test: The Fault in Our Stars Directions: Select the best possible answer to each question. __B___ 1. As The Fault in Our Stars begins‚ the narrator‚ Hazel‚ states that depression “is not a side effect of cancer.” According to her‚ depression is actually a side effect of _________. a. smoking b. dying c. living d. loving e. laughing __C___ 2. Hazel talks about her new friend Gus having a harmartia. What is a hamartia? a. a bad habit b. a small disfigurement c. a tragic
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Vanessa Meza California has more ethnic history than one would think or would have even known. Racial Fault Lines: The historical origins of white supremacy in California brings forth the ethnic conflicts that took place in California. Tomas Almaguer former dean of the College of Ethnics Studies at San Francisco State University explains the struggles that took place through the different racial experiences of four “non-white” groups; Mexicans‚ Indians‚ Chinese‚ and Japanese. The way the “white”
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magnitude between 7.9 and 8.6 degrees Mw1 and its epicenter was according to the experts of the United States Geological Survey‚ on the coast of Daly City and southwest of San Francisco. The main tremors began at 05:12 in the morning along the San Andrés fault. It was felt on the Pacific coast from Oregon to Los Angeles and inland it felt as far as Nevada. After that there was a fire that together with the earthquake is considered the most important catastrophe of the United States. At first there were
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x Kayla Johnson American Literature Mrs. Clark - pd. E 8/16/14 The Fault in Our Stars By: John Green How do relationships between peers affect us? Hazel’s peers in her youth group‚ Augustus and Isaac‚ are both experiencing similar diseases and emotions. Peers and friends‚ experiencing the same things‚ like Augustus and Isaac are such a safe haven for Hazel in times where she is so set on making her situation as pain free for her parents as possible‚ that she pushes them away‚ contrary to filling
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California residents up to 60 seconds advance notice when a temblor strikes. The initial cost estimate of $80 million would help pay for ground sensors and relays that could provide text and mobile alerts in the event of a quake on the San Andreas Fault‚ according to Caltech scientists in Pasadena and state Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Van Nuys). "California is going to have an earthquake early warning system‚" Padilla said at a news conference at Caltech. "The question is whether we have one before or
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I finished the book Fault in Our Stars and I am going to add a scene during the book. As the young teenagers grow madly in love‚ Augustus surprises Hazel Grace with a trip to Amsterdam to meet the author she admires. After meeting Peter Van Houten‚ Hazel was not thrilled to see what type of lifestyle he lived. He was a selfish man with drinking issues. She was not as inspired by his writing after meeting him. Augustus did not have the reaction he was looking for from Hazel. Augustus wants the first
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friendships and relationships encounter adversity and it is how the individuals choose it to handle it that creates the difference between long-lasting and short-lived relationships. Within the movie‚ The Mighty by Peter Chelsom and the novel The Fault In Our Stars by John Green‚ the relationships between Maxwell Kane and Kevin Dillon‚ as well as Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters face an immense amount of adversity and it is their actions and solutions that causes them to endure or be brief
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A no-fault divorce: a good thing or bad thing? A no-fault divorce is divorces in which neither spouse is required to prove “fault” or marital misconduct on the part of the other. To obtain a divorce a spouse must merely assert incompatibility or irreconcilable difference‚ meaning the marriage has irretrievably broken down. This means there is no defense to a divorce petition (so a spouse cannot threaten to “fight” a divorce)‚ there is no derogatory testimony‚ and martial misconduct cannot be used
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In The Fault in Our Stars and All Those Things We Never Said alcohol consumption possesses a cultural connotation for the American culture. For instance‚ in the United States of America the legal age for alcohol consumption‚ acquisition and possession in all the fifty states in twenty-one years old . Whereas‚ in France the legal age for alcohol acquisition and possession is eighteen years old . Therefore‚ the distribution of alcoholic beverages to a minor is illicit in both nations. However‚ the
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Whose fault is the fall of Camelot? How long has civilized man been on earth? As long as the earth has turned. People might argue that it is Mordred’s fault for going against King Arthur. If King Arthur had not had an affair with Morgause‚ Mordred should not have been born and caused problems for King Arthur. He knows Lancelot and Guinevere love each other but he ignores the situation. It is when Mordred comes in and tries to go against him because he knows Lancelot and Guinevere are the people
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