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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. Is the English patient still in love with Katharine when he is telling Hana about their relationship?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) He is, but only if he can marry her.

2. What organization does the English patient belong to?
(a) Kiwanis Club.
(b) World Travelers.
(c) Geographical Society.
(d) The National Geographic Society.

3. What does Hana tell Caravaggio in the library?
(a) She wants to die.
(b) She had an abortion.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is in love.

4. What year does Geoffrey Clinton join the exploration?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1929.

5. Why does Caravaggio think Hana is staying with the English patient?
(a) She is physically ill.
(b) She wants to escape her duties.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She made a promise to her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hana use to rebuild the parts of missing staircases in the villa?

2. Who does Hana remind Caravaggio of?

3. What is the purpose of Chapter 4?

4. How is the English patient's love affair described?

5. Who tries to talk Hana into leaving the villa with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Hana and the English patient come to know each other.

2. What purpose does the piano serve in the villa?

3. What sort of presence does Kip have on the other characters in the villa?

4. What do you think of the relationship between Hana and the English patient by the end of Chapter 1? Why?

5. What is Katharine's first reaction when she falls in love with the English patient?

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

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

8. Describe Hana's daily life in the villa.

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

10. How does the narrator recount the English patient's adventures in the desert?

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