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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Kip talk to about his brother?
(a) Lord Suffolk.
(b) Hana.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Caravaggio.

2. Kip boards a ship to where?
(a) Corsica.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

3. How long does the English patient stay in jail?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) It is unclear.

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

5. What year did the English patient leave Gilf Kebir?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1942.

6. What/who picks up the English patient in the desert?
(a) A military jeep.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A plane.
(d) German sappers.

7. Who does Hana use as a pawn?
(a) Kip.
(b) Herself.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Caravaggio.

8. In addition to dismantling bombs, what did Kip learn about from his mentor?
(a) Education.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Friendship.

9. What do Kip and Hana try to find in their game as they move around the villa?
(a) Hidden treasures.
(b) Special foods.
(c) The dog.
(d) Each other.

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

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

12. How does the English patient get burned?
(a) The cockpit of his plane catches on fire.
(b) His car explodes.
(c) He does it intentionally.
(d) His lover throws a candle at his face.

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

14. What is the person waiting by the gate holding when Kip leaves the villa?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A gun.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A sign.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was ultimately following the English patient through the desert?

2. What special occasion occurs at the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. Kip tells a story to Caravaggio about dismantling a bomb where?

4. How does the English patient describe this time of Katharine's life?

5. What does Madox do in the middle of a sermon about war?

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