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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the English patient imagine he sees in the middle of the night?
(a) A small child.
(b) A piano.
(c) A dog.
(d) A sapper.

2. To whom does Caravaggio think he owes his life?
(a) Hana.
(b) Madox.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Kip.

3. Where did the English patient take Katharine after the plane crash?
(a) Back to his tent.
(b) The well.
(c) The Cave of Swimmers.
(d) The lagoon.

4. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Wild animals.

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

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

7. What does Kip's brother mistrust?
(a) All things Western.
(b) His parents.
(c) Kip.
(d) The British Parliament.

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

9. What happened to the English patient's truck?
(a) It was run into a river.
(b) It was crushed by a tank.
(c) It exploded.
(d) It ran into a wall.

10. What does Caravaggio give the English patient in Chapter 6?
(a) Alcohol and morphine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) A muscle relaxer and some water.
(d) Benadryl.

11. What year does Kip work with his mentor and his secretary?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1940.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Kip fall asleep when he is in Naples?

3. What does Caravaggio say he would do when he robbed people's homes?

4. Where does Kip return after figuring out the bomb?

5. What does Hana think of Caravaggio giving what he does to the English patient?

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