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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who catches what Caravaggio knocks off the table?
(a) The dog.
(b) Hana.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Kip.

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

3. Who once came to Kip during a dangerous bomb dismantling?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Miss Morden.
(c) His parents.
(d) His brother.

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

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

6. What does Kip do for the special occasion in Chapter 10?
(a) Cooks dinner.
(b) Throws a dance party.
(c) Finds a tree and decorates the villa.
(d) Hires a band.

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

8. What does Kip do under bright lights after Lord Suffolk dies?
(a) Examine a new kind of bomb.
(b) Look through slides from his honeymoon.
(c) It is unclear.
(d) Look at Lord Suffolk's body.

9. What did Katharine request to borrow from the English patient?
(a) A camera.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A towel.
(d) A book.

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

11. Why did Clifton crash his plane?
(a) To make his wife feel sorry for him.
(b) He became blind when he was flying it.
(c) To kill himself, his wife, and her lover.
(d) To kill himself and his children.

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

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

14. How long did the English patient walk in the desert?
(a) A month.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Ten weeks.
(d) Three days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caravaggio knock an item off the table at the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. Where does Kip's brother go instead?

3. In a Sikh family, what is traditional for the oldest brother to do?

4. Who does Hana use as a pawn?

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

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