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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. How long do Kip and Hana sleep beside each other with no intimacy?
(a) Six months.
(b) Several days.
(c) At least a year.
(d) One month.

2. In Chapter 4, what does Zerzura refer to?
(a) The country the English patient wants to inhabit.
(b) The place the English patient is searching for.
(c) A state of calm found in the desert.
(d) The relationship between husband and wife.

3. What is special about the bomb Lord Suffolk was dismantling?
(a) It had a trick.
(b) It was the oldest.
(c) It was the most powerful one made.
(d) It was the first.

4. What happened to the English patient's truck?
(a) It was crushed by a tank.
(b) It was run into a river.
(c) It exploded.
(d) It ran into a wall.

5. Who does Caravaggio suspect the English patient is?
(a) Kip's partner.
(b) Almasy.
(c) An English doctor.
(d) A British spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Kip and Caravaggio go into the valley?

2. How does the relationship between Kip and Hana change in Chapter 8?

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

4. Why doesn't Hana believe Caravaggio about the English patient's identity?

5. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?

(see the answer key)

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