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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time do Kip and Hana play the game in the villa?
(a) Before breakfast.
(b) 2 AM.
(c) After dinnertime.
(d) 11 AM.

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

4. Why did the English patient refer to Katharine as his wife?
(a) He is delusional.
(b) They married in secret.
(c) He wants to believe it is true.
(d) To make others pay attention.

5. What do Kip and Hana do after they wash their hair?
(a) Lay in the sun.
(b) Have a picnic.
(c) Brush each other's hair.
(d) Play tennis.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Kip become upset in Chapter 10?
(a) His ex-wife has contacted him.
(b) His children are in danger.
(c) The war is over.
(d) Hiroshima has been bombed.

12. Kip tells a story to Caravaggio about dismantling a bomb where?
(a) The bottom of a lake.
(b) Inside his shirt.
(c) In the plane.
(d) In a pit.

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

14. Why was the English patient leaving Gilf Kebir?
(a) He was heartbroken from his affair.
(b) He had gone to pick someone up.
(c) He was running from the enemy.
(d) He was going back home.

15. In Chapter 6, who does the English patient begin to talk to about his past?
(a) Hana.
(b) Kip.
(c) No one.
(d) Caravaggio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the English patient wrap around Katharine?

2. Who is waiting for Kip by the gate when Kip leaves the villa?

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

4. Where does Katharine approach the English patient to tell him how she feels about him?

5. How does Lord Suffolk die?

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