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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hana find sleeping on the couch?

2. What does the English patient imagine he sees in the middle of the night?

3. What does Kip do for the special occasion in Chapter 10?

4. What does the English patient speak to Madox about?

5. What time do Kip and Hana play the game in the villa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kip save another life from being lost after Lord Suffolk?

2. Describe the hiding game that Hana and Kip play in the dark.

3. Why is Kip extremely upset in Chapter 10?

4. Describe how Katharine and the English patient fall in love.

5. How does Katharine die?

6. Who is Miss Morden? Why is she significant to Kip?

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

8. Explain how Madox dies and why this is significant.

9. Explain how the English patient came to be severely burned.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify at least three instances of foreshadowing in Ondaatje's novel. Why would Ondaatje include these instances? How would the story change if they had not been included?

Essay Topic 2

The villa is a significant part of Ondaatje's story. What does the wall symbolize? What similarities can you give between the wall and characters' qualities?

Essay Topic 3

How does Ondaatje incorporate the concept of man versus self in his novel? Which character do you think is the best example of man versus self and why?

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