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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A Buried Plane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have Kip and his partner come to the villa?
(a) To implode it.
(b) To rescue the English patient.
(c) To remove land mines and booby traps.
(d) To convert the villa into a school.

2. What does Clinton let the English patient use to make exploration easier?
(a) His radio.
(b) His automobile.
(c) His plane.
(d) His metal detector.

3. What does Hana think of Caravaggio giving what he does to the English patient?
(a) She doesn't approve.
(b) She thinks it's a good idea.
(c) She encourages it.
(d) She is afraid it will hurt him.

4. Why does Caravaggio think Hana is staying with the English patient?
(a) She made a promise to her father.
(b) She wants to escape her duties.
(c) She is physically ill.
(d) She is in love with him.

5. Why does the English patient love the desert?
(a) He was born there.
(b) He likes the heat.
(c) It reminds him of his wife.
(d) It is a place where people can be anonymous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the English patient leaving Gilf Kebir?

2. What literary device is used when the English patient is talking about his relationship with Katharine?

3. What is the real reason why Hana is staying with the English patient?

4. What year did the English patient leave Gilf Kebir?

5. What do Kip and Caravaggio discuss as they go to the valley?

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