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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. Kip boards a ship to where?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Corsica.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

2. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?
(a) Women and children.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) Ghosts.

3. When the rumor of war begins, where does Madox go?
(a) Paris.
(b) Back home to see his wife.
(c) Italy.
(d) The southern coast of England.

4. When does Kip discover that he tends to go outside of his family to find affection?
(a) Never.
(b) Later in his life.
(c) As soon as he leaves the villa.
(d) Immediately.

5. How does Kip find out about becoming a sapper?
(a) He reads it in the newspaper.
(b) He sees it on a flyer.
(c) His father was a sapper.
(d) He sees it in a dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the English patient stay in jail?

2. Why does Kip become upset in Chapter 10?

3. What does Kip do under bright lights after Lord Suffolk dies?

4. In a Sikh family, what is traditional for the oldest brother to do?

5. What does Kip admire about the English patient?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What occurs that leads to changes in the relationship between Kip and Caravaggio?

3. Why would Kip share with Caravaggio the story about dismantling a bomb in a pit?

4. In Chapter 7, what does the reader learn about traditions in Sikh families? How are these traditions different in Kip's family?

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

6. What does Kip do in response to being upset?

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

8. How does Katharine die?

9. How does Hana resolve the issue of her father's death?

10. What does Kip's story about the bomb in a pit represent?

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