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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kip in the garden at the villa?
(a) He is almost blown away by the winds.
(b) He is attacked by a dog.
(c) He grabs his head and falls.
(d) He kills himself.

2. When the rumor of war begins, where does Madox go?
(a) Italy.
(b) Paris.
(c) Back home to see his wife.
(d) The southern coast of England.

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

4. Who joined the army instead of his brother?
(a) Madox.
(b) Caravaggio.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Kip.

5. What does Kip admire about the English patient?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His looks.
(d) His ability to write.

6. How does the English patient describe this time of Katharine's life?
(a) As a crucial state in development.
(b) As a time of self-discovery.
(c) As a mid-life crisis.
(d) As a psychotic break.

7. What does Kip retrieve from his tent in the garden at the villa when he is upset?
(a) A journal.
(b) An old bomb.
(c) His gun.
(d) His food.

8. Why was the town of Naples evacuated?
(a) It was rigged to explode.
(b) A huge typhoon was coming.
(c) Everyone in the town was sick.
(d) The German armies were coming to attack the city.

9. Who does Hana find sleeping on the couch?
(a) Caravaggio.
(b) The dog.
(c) Kip.
(d) The English patient.

10. What does Caravaggio knock off the table at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) A book.
(b) A fuse.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A bottle of wine.

11. Who does the English patient eventually tell about his affair with Katharine?
(a) No one.
(b) Kip.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Lord Suffolk.

12. What does Katharine do to make the English patient fall in love with her?
(a) Dries his hair.
(b) Reads a romantic story.
(c) Takes a picture of him.
(d) Writes a poem.

13. To whom does Hana write a letter before she leaves the villa?
(a) Kip.
(b) Caravaggio.
(c) Kip's family.
(d) Her stepmother.

14. What does Kip have to use to disable the fuse on the bomb he is telling Caravaggio about?
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Helium.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Frozen oxygen.

15. Why does Caravaggio knock an item off the table at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) He is upset about the war.
(b) It was an accident.
(c) He tripped over a wire.
(d) He was angry with Kip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kip boards a ship to where?

2. What does the English patient speak to Madox about?

3. How does the English patient respond immediately after he falls in love with Katharine?

4. Who does Caravaggio say the English patient worked for?

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

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