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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What purpose did the villa serve before the English patient arrived there?
2. What do Hana and the English patient do when they are not talking?
3. Why does Caravaggio think Hana is staying with the English patient?
4. Which unit of the British army is Kip a member of?
5. How is the English patient's true identity revealed in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the setting of Chapter 1.
2. Describe the relationship between Caravaggio and Hana.
3. How does the narrator recount the English patient's adventures in the desert?
4. How does the English patient behave when he and Katharine are apart?
5. How is the topic of companionship explored in Chapter 4?
6. In addition to the plane, what else comes along with the plane? Why is this important?
7. Describe Kip and his fascination with religious symbols.
8. What is Katharine's first reaction when she falls in love with the English patient?
9. What do you think of the relationship between Hana and the English patient by the end of Chapter 1? Why?
10. How does the entry of Geoffrey Clinton into the story change the plot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you describe the development of the relationship between Hana and Kip? Why do you think Hana becomes so quickly attached to Kip? What benefits do both characters derive from the relationship?
Essay Topic 2
How is Ondaatje's story ultimately resolved? Do you think the plot was adequately resolved? In your opinion, what could have been added (or removed) to make it more meaningful?
Essay Topic 3
What effect does World War II have on Ondaatje's novel? How does it add to the story? What impact does the war have on characters, and how might they be different had the story been set during a different time?
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