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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 game does Hana play in the villa?
(a) Yahtzee.
(b) Hopscotch.
(c) Poker.
(d) Solitaire.

2. What does Hana tell Kip she imagines doing in the grass?
(a) Having a picnic.
(b) Building a secret house.
(c) Planting lots of vegetables.
(d) Dying in Kip's arms.

3. Why does Katharine panic when she is in the desert?
(a) Because she is lost in the wilderness.
(b) Because she is love with someone other than her husband.
(c) Because she has a terminal illness.
(d) Because her child is dying.

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

5. What is the English patient's only possession?
(a) His journal.
(b) A picture of his wife.
(c) A book.
(d) His toiletries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kip's partner die?

2. What do Kip and Caravaggio discuss as they go to the valley?

3. What does the reader know about Katharine from Chapter 5?

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

5. What do Hana and Caravaggio hear one night as they are walking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kip and his fascination with religious symbols.

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

3. How and why is Caravaggio tortured by the Germans?

4. How does the relationship between Hana and Kip foreshadow later events in the novel?

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

6. How does the English patient behave when he and Katharine are apart?

7. How is the topic of companionship explored in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. What is Hana's reaction to Caravaggio's arrival at the villa?

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