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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How has the war affected the villa when Hana and the English patient first arrive?
(a) It has holes in the walls and ceilings.
(b) It smells of gunsmoke.
(c) The entire interior has been destroyed.
(d) It has drastic water damage.

3. Why does Katharine panic when she is in the desert?
(a) Because her child is dying.
(b) Because she is love with someone other than her husband.
(c) Because she is lost in the wilderness.
(d) Because she has a terminal illness.

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

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

6. When in Chapter 5 does the English patient suffer?
(a) After he is injured in battle.
(b) When he finds out his mother is dead.
(c) When he is apart from his beloved.
(d) When his lover cheats on him.

7. How is the English patient's love affair described?
(a) Distant and removed.
(b) Conspicuous and flamboyant.
(c) Passionate and violent.
(d) Gentle and secretive.

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

9. Why does Hana like the villa?
(a) There are lots of places to hide.
(b) She likes being alone.
(c) She feels protected.
(d) She can sing and no one will hear her.

10. Who falls in love with the English patient at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Hana.
(b) Kip.
(c) Katharine.
(d) The airplane pilot.

11. What game does Hana play in the villa?
(a) Yahtzee.
(b) Hopscotch.
(c) Poker.
(d) Solitaire.

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

13. During what time period is the English patient a great explorer of Africa?
(a) The 1930's.
(b) The 1970's.
(c) The 1900's.
(d) The 1940's.

14. What does Clinton let the English patient use to make exploration easier?
(a) His metal detector.
(b) His plane.
(c) His automobile.
(d) His radio.

15. What do Kip and Caravaggio discuss as they go to the valley?
(a) Hana.
(b) The war.
(c) Their hobbies.
(d) Their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caravaggio escape from the general's room?

2. Why is the English patient harsh when Katharine ends the relationship?

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

4. For whom does Caravaggio work during the war?

5. Where does Hana get her vegetables?

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