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

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

3. What profession does Kip eventually pursue?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Counseling.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Medicine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the English patient walk toward after his truck becomes disabled?

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

3. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?

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

5. Where does Katharine approach the English patient to tell him how she feels about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Caravaggio is so eager to disprove the English patient's identity?

2. Why is Kip extremely upset in Chapter 10?

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

4. How does Katharine die?

5. Who is Miss Morden? Why is she significant to Kip?

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

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

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

9. Do you think Caravaggio was justified in forcing the English patient to talk about his identity? Why or why not?

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

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