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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. How long did the English patient walk in the desert?
(a) Ten weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) A month.

2. What does Kip do under bright lights after Lord Suffolk dies?
(a) Examine a new kind of bomb.
(b) Look at Lord Suffolk's body.
(c) Look through slides from his honeymoon.
(d) It is unclear.

3. Why doesn't Hana believe Caravaggio about the English patient's identity?
(a) Because she is in love with Caravaggio.
(b) Because she is in love with the English patient.
(c) Because the English patient knows a lot about English gardens.
(d) Because she knows Caravaggio is trying to fool her.

4. Kip tells a story to Caravaggio about dismantling a bomb where?
(a) The bottom of a lake.
(b) Inside his shirt.
(c) In a pit.
(d) In the plane.

5. What happened to the English patient's truck?
(a) It ran into a wall.
(b) It was crushed by a tank.
(c) It exploded.
(d) It was run into a river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is special about the bomb Lord Suffolk was dismantling?

2. Where does Kip fall asleep when he is in Naples?

3. What does the English patient find in the Cave of Swimmers?

4. What does the English patient speak to Madox about?

5. What does Kip do for the special occasion in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the conflict between Hana and Caravaggio concerning the English patient's identity.

2. Explain how the English patient came to be severely burned.

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

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

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

6. Describe the scene in Naples that Kip tells to Hana.

7. Why would the English patient need to be particularly careful around Geoffrey Clifton? What was significant about his character?

8. How does Katharine die?

9. How is the symbol of the Western religious icon brought into Chapter 10?

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

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