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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. What does the English patient speak to Madox about?
(a) The curve of the sand.
(b) Bank accounts.
(c) The hollow in a woman's throat.
(d) Mealtimes.

2. Who does the English patient say was left in the desert?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) Women and children.

3. Who does the reader discover was present the day Kip had to dismantle the bomb?
(a) Caravaggio.
(b) Hana.
(c) The English patient.
(d) Kip's assistant.

4. In Chapter 6, who does the English patient begin to talk to about his past?
(a) Hana.
(b) No one.
(c) Caravaggio.
(d) Kip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the English patient walk in the desert?

2. How does Lord Suffolk die?

3. Why did Clifton crash his plane?

4. Who does Caravaggio say the English patient worked for?

5. Why does Kip become upset in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hana resolve the issue of her father's death?

2. How is prejudice brought up in Chapter 7?

3. What does Kip do in response to being upset?

4. Why would the English patient need to be particularly careful around Geoffrey Clifton? What was significant about his character?

5. Explain the conflict between Hana and Caravaggio concerning the English patient's identity.

6. What revelation does Kip have regarding his tendency to seek out affectionate relationships?

7. In the beginning of Chapter 10, how does Kip prove that he is intentional about making his relationships with others solid?

8. Why is Kip extremely upset in Chapter 10?

9. How does Katharine die?

10. What impact does the death of Lord Suffolk have on Kip? How does it affect his relationship with Hana?

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