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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does Caravaggio fall as it explodes?
(a) The roof of a hotel.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A bus.

2. Why is the English patient harsh when Katharine ends the relationship?
(a) He is hurt and angry.
(b) He really doesn't care.
(c) He knows she will come back to him.
(d) He is afraid her husband is listening.

3. What does the English patient say to his lover when their affair is ending?
(a) That she will come back to him.
(b) That he will not miss her.
(c) That he plans to kill her.
(d) That he doesn't love her anymore.

4. What does Kip find in the garden?
(a) A ring.
(b) A cat.
(c) The English patient's journal.
(d) A bomb.

5. Who rescued the English patient from the desert?
(a) Hana.
(b) Kip and his troops.
(c) A group of Bedouin.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the English patient love the desert?

2. What does Hana tell Caravaggio in the library?

3. When Kip and Caravaggio go into the valley, what does Hana do?

4. What methods do the English patient and his companions use to travel?

5. With what group of people do the English patient and his team travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think of the relationship between Hana and the English patient by the end of Chapter 1? Why?

2. Describe the scene in the English patient's room before Kip's partner dies.

3. What is Hana's reaction to Caravaggio's arrival at the villa?

4. How does the entry of Geoffrey Clinton into the story change the plot?

5. How is the topic of companionship explored in Chapter 4?

6. What event in Chapter 3 brings Hana and Kip closer together?

7. What impact has the war had on Hana?

8. Describe the setting of Chapter 1.

9. What activities do Hana and the English patient do together?

10. What purpose does the piano serve in the villa?

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