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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Katharine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, presumably, is the English patient's profession?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Financier.
(d) Boat captain.

2. Why does Katharine panic when she is in the desert?
(a) Because her child is dying.
(b) Because she has a terminal illness.
(c) Because she is lost in the wilderness.
(d) Because she is love with someone other than her husband.

3. Where does Katharine tell her lover they must end their affair?
(a) By the piano.
(b) Inside the tent.
(c) In the villa.
(d) The botanical garden.

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

5. What animal comes into the English patient's bedroom?
(a) A dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kip's partner die?

2. Why does Caravaggio decide he must find out the English patient's identity?

3. Why does Kip originally come to the villa?

4. Why is the English patient harsh when Katharine ends the relationship?

5. From what does Caravaggio fall as it explodes?

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