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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 sapper.
(b) A small child.
(c) A piano.
(d) A dog.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Kip's brother go instead?
(a) Asia.
(b) Jail.
(c) A psychiatric hospital.
(d) Alaska.

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

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

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

11. What does Hana think of Caravaggio giving what he does to the English patient?
(a) She is afraid it will hurt him.
(b) She thinks it's a good idea.
(c) She doesn't approve.
(d) She encourages it.

12. Who does Caravaggio think was planted in the English patient's expedition?
(a) Clifton.
(b) The American.
(c) Madox.
(d) Katharine.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who once came to Kip during a dangerous bomb dismantling?

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

4. What does the English patient speak to Madox about?

5. What is the person waiting by the gate holding when Kip leaves the villa?

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