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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. Who does the reader discover was present the day Kip had to dismantle the bomb?
(a) Kip's assistant.
(b) The English patient.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Hana.

2. To whom does Caravaggio think he owes his life?
(a) Madox.
(b) The English patient.
(c) Kip.
(d) Hana.

3. Who is waiting for Kip by the gate when Kip leaves the villa?
(a) Kip's partner.
(b) The English patient.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Hana.

4. Who is Kip's mentor's secretary?
(a) Hana's mother.
(b) Miss Morden.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Caravaggio's ex-wife.

5. Where does Kip return after figuring out the bomb?
(a) Erith.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kip discover that he tends to go outside of his family to find affection?

2. What happened to the English patient's truck?

3. What did Katharine request to borrow from the English patient?

4. What year does Kip work with his mentor and his secretary?

5. Who does Kip work with in Westbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Katharine die?

2. Is it surprising to you to find out that the English patient was a spy during the war? Why or why not?

3. How does Kip save another life from being lost after Lord Suffolk?

4. What revelation does Kip have regarding his tendency to seek out affectionate relationships?

5. Describe how Katharine and the English patient fall in love.

6. Describe the hiding game that Hana and Kip play in the dark.

7. What impact does the death of Lord Suffolk have on Kip? How does it affect his relationship with Hana?

8. In the beginning of Chapter 10, how does Kip prove that he is intentional about making his relationships with others solid?

9. Do you find that Kip becomes more or less likable as the novel comes to an end? Why?

10. Explain how Madox dies and why this is significant.

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