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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Cave of Swimmers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who warned the English patient to be careful about his love for Katharine?
(a) Clifton.
(b) Kip.
(c) Madox.
(d) Katharine.

2. What did the English patient wrap around Katharine?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A towel.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A parachute.

3. Kip tells a story to Caravaggio about dismantling a bomb where?
(a) The bottom of a lake.
(b) Inside his shirt.
(c) In the plane.
(d) In a pit.

4. What literary device is used when the English patient is talking about his relationship with Katharine?
(a) Irony.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. What does Caravaggio say he would do when he robbed people's homes?
(a) Take everything they own
(b) Pay them back eventually.
(c) Talk to the owners if they saw him.
(d) Leave a thank you note.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kip fascinated by Christian symbols?

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

3. Why do the English patient and his companions have to move during the night?

4. What do Hana and Caravaggio hear one night as they are walking?

5. In a Sikh family, what is traditional for the oldest brother to do?

(see the answer key)

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