The English Patient | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1, The Villa

1. During what historical event does this novel take place?

World War II.

2. What is Hana's profession?

Nurse.

3. What is Kip's profession?

Sapper.

4. Why does Kip originally come to the villa?

To rid it of land mines.

5. Where does Hana get her vegetables?

Her garden.

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

It was a temporary hospital.

7. What is wrong with the English patient?

He is severely burned.

8. Who rescued the English patient from the desert?

A group of Bedouin.

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

Read books.

10. How has the war affected the villa when Hana and the English patient first arrive?

It has holes in the walls and ceilings.

11. Why has the library been cordoned off?

The threat of booby...
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