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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special occasion occurs at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Hana and Kip's wedding.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The English patient's birthday.
(d) Hana's birthday.

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

3. What was Kip given when he was visited during a dangerous bomb dismantling?
(a) Cake and cologne.
(b) Water and ice.
(c) A Bible.
(d) Lavender.

4. Who has become addicted to morphine?
(a) Kip.
(b) Madox.
(c) Hana.
(d) Caravaggio.

5. How many shells of oil are lit in Chapter 10?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Forty-five.

6. When does Kip discover that he tends to go outside of his family to find affection?
(a) As soon as he leaves the villa.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Later in his life.
(d) Never.

7. Who does Caravaggio say the English patient worked for?
(a) The American government.
(b) The British government.
(c) The Germans.
(d) No one.

8. Who does the reader discover was present the day Kip had to dismantle the bomb?
(a) Kip's assistant.
(b) The English patient.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Hana.

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

10. How many sappers stayed in Naples?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

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

12. How does the English patient respond immediately after he falls in love with Katharine?
(a) He tries to hurt her husband.
(b) He immediately asks her to sleep with him.
(c) He hides his feelings.
(d) He tells everyone he can.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Kip eventually pursue?

2. In addition to dismantling bombs, what did Kip learn about from his mentor?

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

4. How long do Kip and Hana sleep beside each other with no intimacy?

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

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