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The English Patient
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What wartime work legitimizes the skills Caravaggio originally learned as a thief in Canada?
Defusing bombs
Intelligence work
Airplane saboteur
Medic
2
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What does Katharine Clifton characteristically do, despite her apparent politeness and gentility?
Delights in hurting others
Stands up for herself
Takes what she wants
Betrays her friends
3
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What rational, level-headed man is Almasy's best friend in the desert?
Geoffrey
Madox
Kip
Patrick
4
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What does Lord Suffolk do, and train others to do, once the war begins?
Takes aerial photographs
Sabotages enemy equipment
Commands colonial troops
Defuses bombs
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Who symbolizes "home" to Hana?
Caravaggio
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Clara
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