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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two-The Stone Leaf, Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Rachel and her mother and siblings wait for at Honolulu Harbor in Chapter 1?
(a) A fireworks show.
(b) A package from relatives abroad.
(c) Rachel's father.
(d) A shipment of new cooking ingredients.

2. Where are the people with leprosy kept on the boat?
(a) They are not given a space but are told to sleep on the floor in the hallways.
(b) They are confined to a pen on the deck of the ship.
(c) They are kept in a small room under the ship.
(d) They have the same type of quarters as the other passengers.

3. What does the preacher say about leprosy in Chapter 3?
(a) It is a mystery.
(b) It is a disease that comes from immoral behaviour.
(c) It is one of God's miracles.
(d) It is God's way of keeping the population under control.

4. What do Dorothy and Henry often argue about?
(a) What to spend their money on.
(b) The lack of trust in their relationship.
(c) Who to blame for Rachel's condition.
(d) Henry's family.

5. Who is Dorothy?
(a) Rachel's aunt.
(b) Rachel's mother.
(c) Rachel's neighbor.
(d) Rachel's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rachel's destination when she runs away?

2. How long is the journey from Honolulu to Moloka'i?

3. What frightens Rachel when she first meets Francine?

4. Where is Rachel living at the beginning of the novel?

5. What shocks the people on board when the boat nears Kalaupapa Peninsula?

(see the answer key)

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