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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. Which character is mentioned in Chapter 5?
(a) Kip.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Hana.

2. Who rescued the English patient from the desert?
(a) Kip and his troops.
(b) A group of Bedouin.
(c) No one.
(d) Hana.

3. What injury has Caravaggio endured in the war?
(a) He has lost his thumbs.
(b) He has a fake leg.
(c) He is blind.
(d) His nose is missing.

4. Why does the English patient love the desert?
(a) He was born there.
(b) He likes the heat.
(c) It reminds him of his wife.
(d) It is a place where people can be anonymous.

5. What is the real reason why Hana is staying with the English patient?
(a) She adores him.
(b) She is afraid to leave the villa.
(c) She promised herself she wouldn't let him die.
(d) She is overwhelmed by watching soldiers die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Kip's profession?

3. How is the English patient's true identity revealed in Chapter 4?

4. Which of the following describes the English patient's desert exploration?

5. How does Caravaggio escape from the general's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What impact has the war had on Hana?

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

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

7. What activities do Hana and the English patient do together?

8. Describe the relationship between Caravaggio and Hana.

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

10. Describe how Caravaggio finds out that Hana is at the villa.

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