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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Kip originally come to the villa?
(a) He is looking for his fiancée.
(b) To be reunited with Hana.
(c) He is hungry and sick.
(d) To rid it of land mines.

3. What is the English patient's only possession?
(a) His journal.
(b) A book.
(c) A picture of his wife.
(d) His toiletries.

4. What injury has Caravaggio endured in the war?
(a) His nose is missing.
(b) He has lost his thumbs.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He has a fake leg.

5. What does Kip do with his partner's body?
(a) Buries it.
(b) Throws it in the lake.
(c) Burns it.
(d) It is unclear.

6. What does his lover say to the English patient in response?
(a) That she would never come back to him.
(b) That she will call the police.
(c) That she loves him anyway.
(d) That he will miss her.

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

8. Which character appears in Chapter 5 in a flashback?
(a) Caravaggio.
(b) Hana.
(c) Hana's father.
(d) Katharine.

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

10. How does Caravaggio know Hana?
(a) Hana previously met Caravaggio in a hospital.
(b) He is a friend of her father's.
(c) They dated in high school.
(d) Caravaggion is Hana's cousin.

11. Why do Kip and Caravaggio go into the valley?
(a) To wash clothes.
(b) To pick up supplies.
(c) To go hunting.
(d) To take a bath.

12. Which of the following is mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Mount Kilimanjaro.
(b) Lake Victoria.
(c) Gulf Kebir Plateau.
(d) The Sahara Desert.

13. What is the purpose of Chapter 4?
(a) To provide a description of the setting.
(b) To reveal more information about the English patient's past.
(c) To help the reader understand his relationship with Caravaggio.
(d) To provide some distraction from the villa scenes.

14. What does Hana think of when she plays the instrument in the library?
(a) Her children.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her husband.

15. Who tries to talk Hana into leaving the villa with him?
(a) Kip's partner.
(b) Caravaggio.
(c) Kip.
(d) The English patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is the English patient still in love with Katharine when he is telling Hana about their relationship?

2. How does Kip's partner die?

3. Who does Clinton bring with him to the exploration?

4. What natural occurrences does the English patient encounter during his travels?

5. Why is Hana's love for Kip destined to fail?

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