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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with the English patient?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is severely burned.
(c) He has broken limbs.
(d) He has had brain damage.

2. What does the reader know about Katharine from Chapter 5?
(a) She is loyal and funny.
(b) She is extremely controlled and rational.
(c) She has strong emotions.
(d) She is calm and gentle.

3. What is the location of the hospital where Caravaggio is staying at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) France.
(c) Rome.
(d) The United States.

4. What does the English patient say to his lover when their affair is ending?
(a) That he will not miss her.
(b) That he doesn't love her anymore.
(c) That she will come back to him.
(d) That he plans to kill her.

5. Where does Hana get her vegetables?
(a) Her garden.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The market.
(d) Kip brings them.

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

7. Who decides to end the love affair?
(a) The English patient.
(b) Hana.
(c) Katharine.
(d) Geoffrey.

8. What do Hana and the English patient do when they are not talking?
(a) Sew.
(b) Repair the plane.
(c) Paint.
(d) Read books.

9. What does Katharine throw at the English patient out of frustration in Chapter 5?
(a) Shoes and jewelry.
(b) Water and wine.
(c) Plates and punches.
(d) Glasses and dishes.

10. Who rescued the English patient from the desert?
(a) A group of Bedouin.
(b) Hana.
(c) No one.
(d) Kip and his troops.

11. What does Kip find in the garden?
(a) A bomb.
(b) The English patient's journal.
(c) A ring.
(d) A cat.

12. Which of the following belongings does Kip have with him when he arrives at the villa for the first time?
(a) A razor.
(b) A horse.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A radio set.

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

14. How does Caravaggio escape from the general's room?
(a) He causes a distraction.
(b) He runs out the door.
(c) He climbs through the vents.
(d) He jumps out the window.

15. What literary device is used when the English patient is talking about his relationship with Katharine?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Hana play in the villa?

2. Why do Kip and Caravaggio go into the valley?

3. Which unit of the British army is Kip a member of?

4. What is Hana's profession?

5. How is the English patient's love affair described?

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