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

2. What does Madox do in the middle of a sermon about war?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Starts a riot.
(c) Shoots himself.
(d) Accuses the English patient of sleeping with Katharine.

3. What is the person waiting by the gate holding when Kip leaves the villa?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A sign.
(c) A gun.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. What do Kip and Hana try to find in their game as they move around the villa?
(a) The dog.
(b) Special foods.
(c) Hidden treasures.
(d) Each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Kip by the gate when Kip leaves the villa?

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

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

4. Who does Caravaggio say the English patient worked for?

5. Why did Clifton crash his plane?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Katharine die?

3. What is Kip's relationship with Lord Suffolk like?

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

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

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

7. Why is Kip extremely upset in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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