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The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje

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Who saves the English patient from the burning plane?

(A) An angry army officer

(B) Hana

(D) An unknown good Samaritan

Where is the villa that houses Hana and the English patient?

(A) In the deserts of Northern Africa

(B) In the hills outside Florence, Italy

(D) In the mountains in Austria

What is Kip's job in the British army?

(A) Searching for and defusing bombs

(B) Blowing up bridges

(D) Cooking food in the mess hall

When does Almásy first take notice of Katharine Clifton?

(A) When she is dancing the tango with Geoffrey

(B) When she recites poetry to the group of explorers by the fire

(D) When they are at Oxford

For which ancient desert city are Europeans searching?

(A) Babylon

(B) Carthage

(D) Zerzura

What does Katharine do that the English Patient cannot bear?

(A) She takes unnecessary risks, swimming in dangerous lakes

(B) She ignores him in public, acting as if she does not know him

(D) She drinks too much

Who does Caravaggio think the English patient is?

(A) Geoffrey Clifton, a wealthy British man who spent time in Cairo

(B) General Rommel, a famous German military commander

(D) Almásy, a spy working for the Germans

Who trains Kip in the art of defusing bombs?

(A) The English patient

(B) Lord Suffolk

(D) General Schwartz

Which book does Almásy carry with him on his journeys across the desert?

(A) du Maurier's Rebecca

(B) Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

(D) Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans

Why does the English army at El Taj refuse to help Almásy return for Katharine?

(A) He has a foreign name and they think he is a spy

(B) They are too busy

(D) There is no way for them to travel through the desert

What is Kip's profession at the end of the novel?

(A) Sapper

(B) Veterinarian

(D) Soldier

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