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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. Why do the English patient and his companions have to move during the night?
(a) So they do not get dehydrated.
(b) To avoid reptiles.
(c) To keep from getting buried by sand.
(d) To escape from plunderers.

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

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

4. What organization does the English patient belong to?
(a) World Travelers.
(b) Geographical Society.
(c) The National Geographic Society.
(d) Kiwanis Club.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character appears in Chapter 5 in a flashback?

2. What is the English patient's team searching for?

3. Who rescued the English patient from the desert?

4. For whom does Caravaggio work during the war?

5. What does Kip do with his partner's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the entry of Geoffrey Clinton into the story change the plot?

2. Describe Hana's conversation with Caravaggio in the library after Kip and his partner arrive at the villa.

3. What event in Chapter 3 brings Hana and Kip closer together?

4. Describe the English patient's reaction to Katharine's decision to end the affair.

5. What purpose does the piano serve in the villa?

6. Describe the relationship between Caravaggio and Hana.

7. What is Hana's reaction to Caravaggio's arrival at the villa?

8. What do you think of the relationship between Hana and the English patient by the end of Chapter 1? Why?

9. What is the general purpose of Chapter 4? Is it effective?

10. Describe how Caravaggio finds out that Hana is at the villa.

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