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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kip do with his partner's body?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Throws it in the lake.
(d) Buries it.

2. What is Kip's profession?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Captain.
(c) Chef.
(d) Sapper.

3. What is Hana's profession?
(a) Social worker.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Nurse.

4. Where does Hana get her vegetables?
(a) Her garden.
(b) The cellar.
(c) Kip brings them.
(d) The market.

5. Why does Kip originally come to the villa?
(a) To be reunited with Hana.
(b) He is looking for his fiancée.
(c) He is hungry and sick.
(d) To rid it of land mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hana's love for Kip destined to fail?

2. Why does Caravaggio think Hana is staying with the English patient?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Zerzura refer to?

4. What year does Geoffrey Clinton join the exploration?

5. During what time period is the English patient a great explorer of Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the English patient's reaction to Katharine's decision to end the affair.

2. What is the general purpose of Chapter 4? Is it effective?

3. Why does Katharine decide to breaks off her affair with the English patient?

4. Describe Kip and his fascination with religious symbols.

5. Describe the significance of the Geographical Society in the story.

6. In addition to the plane, what else comes along with the plane? Why is this important?

7. How does Chapter 5 foreshadow later events in the novel?

8. How would you describe the relationship between Katharine and the English patient?

9. Describe the scene in the English patient's room before Kip's partner dies.

10. What event in Chapter 3 brings Hana and Kip closer together?

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