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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, August.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hana think of when she plays the instrument in the library?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her childhood.

2. What does Hana tell Kip she imagines doing in the grass?
(a) Building a secret house.
(b) Having a picnic.
(c) Planting lots of vegetables.
(d) Dying in Kip's arms.

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

4. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) Ghosts.

5. Who does Kip threaten to kill near the end of the novel?
(a) Himself.
(b) The English patient.
(c) The British prime minister.
(d) Hana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caravaggio give the English patient what he does in Chapter 6?

2. What does the reader know about Katharine from Chapter 5?

3. How many shells of oil are lit in Chapter 10?

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

5. Where does Katharine approach the English patient to tell him how she feels about him?

(see the answer key)

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