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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have Kip and his partner come to the villa?
(a) To remove land mines and booby traps.
(b) To implode it.
(c) To rescue the English patient.
(d) To convert the villa into a school.

2. What do Hana and the English patient do when they are not talking?
(a) Repair the plane.
(b) Sew.
(c) Read books.
(d) Paint.

3. What is the location of the hospital where Caravaggio is staying at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Rome.

4. What does his lover say to the English patient in response?
(a) That she loves him anyway.
(b) That she will call the police.
(c) That he will miss her.
(d) That she would never come back to him.

5. Who tries to talk Hana into leaving the villa with him?
(a) Caravaggio.
(b) The English patient.
(c) Kip.
(d) Kip's partner.

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

7. Who decides to end the love affair?
(a) The English patient.
(b) Hana.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Katharine.

8. What does Katharine throw at the English patient out of frustration in Chapter 5?
(a) Glasses and dishes.
(b) Water and wine.
(c) Plates and punches.
(d) Shoes and jewelry.

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

10. How does Caravaggio know Hana?
(a) He is a friend of her father's.
(b) Hana previously met Caravaggio in a hospital.
(c) They dated in high school.
(d) Caravaggion is Hana's cousin.

11. Why is Kip fascinated by Christian symbols?
(a) The artwork is made of gold.
(b) He has never been exposed to them before.
(c) They always depict beautiful women.
(d) They speak to him in his dreams.

12. What do Hana and Caravaggio hear one night as they are walking?
(a) Gunfire in the distance.
(b) The English patient, screaming.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Land mines exploding.

13. Why does the English patient love the desert?
(a) It reminds him of his wife.
(b) It is a place where people can be anonymous.
(c) He was born there.
(d) He likes the heat.

14. What does Hana tell Caravaggio in the library?
(a) She had an abortion.
(b) She wants to die.
(c) She is in love.
(d) She is pregnant.

15. Who does Clinton bring with him to the exploration?
(a) His wife.
(b) No one.
(c) His dog.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is used when the English patient is talking about his relationship with Katharine?

2. What animal comes into the English patient's bedroom?

3. What is the English patient's team searching for?

4. With whom does the English patient fall in love during the desert exploration?

5. Why does Caravaggio decide he must find out the English patient's identity?

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