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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 was ultimately following the English patient through the desert?
(a) Lord Suffolk.
(b) Caravaggio.
(c) Madox.
(d) Kip.

2. Who does Caravaggio suspect the English patient is?
(a) Kip's partner.
(b) A British spy.
(c) An English doctor.
(d) Almasy.

3. Who does Kip work with in Westbury?
(a) The English patient.
(b) Lord Suffolk.
(c) Madox.
(d) American soldiers.

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

5. What year did the English patient leave Gilf Kebir?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Caravaggio think he owes his life?

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

3. What was wrong with the people in Naples who had been staying in caves?

4. How does Kip find out about becoming a sapper?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do you think it would be like to be Geoffrey Clifton in this story? Why?

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

8. Explain the reasoning behind Caravaggio wanting to drug the English patient.

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

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

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