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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kip find out about becoming a sapper?
(a) He sees it in a dream.
(b) His father was a sapper.
(c) He reads it in the newspaper.
(d) He sees it on a flyer.

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

3. Who is Kip's mentor's secretary?
(a) Caravaggio's ex-wife.
(b) Miss Morden.
(c) Hana's mother.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

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

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

6. What did the English patient wrap around Katharine?
(a) A parachute.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A towel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Why isn't Caravaggio happy about Kip's plans in Chapter 10?
(a) He doesn't like to dance.
(b) He doesn't like the way Kip cooks.
(c) He doesn't celebrate Christmas.
(d) He doesn't like music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the town of Naples evacuated?

2. Where was the party held in which Almasy was drunk?

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

4. Who has become addicted to morphine?

5. How long did the English patient walk in the desert?

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