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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about the bomb Lord Suffolk was dismantling?
(a) It was the most powerful one made.
(b) It was the oldest.
(c) It was the first.
(d) It had a trick.

2. When does Kip discover that he tends to go outside of his family to find affection?
(a) Never.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Later in his life.
(d) As soon as he leaves the villa.

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

4. What does Madox do in the middle of a sermon about war?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Accuses the English patient of sleeping with Katharine.
(c) Starts a riot.
(d) Calls the police.

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

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

7. What does Katharine do to make the English patient fall in love with her?
(a) Takes a picture of him.
(b) Dries his hair.
(c) Writes a poem.
(d) Reads a romantic story.

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

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

10. How many sappers stayed in Naples?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Twelve.

11. Where was the party held in which Almasy was drunk?
(a) A zinc bar.
(b) The Cliftons' home.
(c) A library.
(d) A restaurant.

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

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

14. What do Kip and Hana try to find in their game as they move around the villa?
(a) Each other.
(b) Special foods.
(c) The dog.
(d) Hidden treasures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warned the English patient to be careful about his love for Katharine?

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

3. What does Kip do under bright lights after Lord Suffolk dies?

4. Who does Kip threaten to kill near the end of the novel?

5. What organization does Kip belong to?

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