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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 is wrong with the English patient?
(a) He has had brain damage.
(b) He has broken limbs.
(c) He is severely burned.
(d) He is blind.

2. What does Clinton let the English patient use to make exploration easier?
(a) His automobile.
(b) His plane.
(c) His radio.
(d) His metal detector.

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

4. Who enters the room as Hana plays on the instrument in the library?
(a) Two soldiers.
(b) Caravaggio.
(c) A dog.
(d) The English patient.

5. From what does Caravaggio fall as it explodes?
(a) The roof of a hotel.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the English patient's team searching for?

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

3. Why is Kip fascinated by Christian symbols?

4. Why does Katharine feel guilty?

5. When Kip and Caravaggio go into the valley, what does Hana do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the setting of Chapter 1.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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