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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, South Cairo 1930-1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Caravaggio attend the German generals' party?
(a) To meet women.
(b) To steal from Germans.
(c) To get some free drinks.
(d) To blend in with the Gestapo.

2. During what historical event does this novel take place?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

3. What is the purpose of Chapter 4?
(a) To provide a description of the setting.
(b) To reveal more information about the English patient's past.
(c) To provide some distraction from the villa scenes.
(d) To help the reader understand his relationship with Caravaggio.

4. What, presumably, is the English patient's profession?
(a) Boat captain.
(b) Pilot.
(c) Financier.
(d) Attorney.

5. Why does Kip originally come to the villa?
(a) He is looking for his fiancée.
(b) To rid it of land mines.
(c) He is hungry and sick.
(d) To be reunited with Hana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the English patient's true identity revealed in Chapter 4?

2. What do Hana and the English patient do when they are not talking?

3. What purpose did the villa serve before the English patient arrived there?

4. What is the location of the hospital where Caravaggio is staying at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. Which unit of the British army is Kip a member of?

(see the answer key)

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