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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. Where is Rachel living at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Queensland.
(c) Bali.
(d) Saigon.

2. Where are the settlement residents shown a movie in Chapter 13?
(a) On a baseball field.
(b) At Bishop's House.
(c) In the hospital basement.
(d) At the church.

3. What gift does Rachel's father give to Rachel in Chapter 1?
(a) A dollhouse.
(b) A voodoo doll.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) A matryoshka doll.

4. What does Rachel's father do for a living?
(a) He is a sailor.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a cook.
(d) He is a shoemaker.

5. Who is the letter from that Haleola reads while Pono sleeps in Chapter 7?
(a) Rachel's mother.
(b) Henry.
(c) R.W. Meyer.
(d) Sister Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Rachel and her mother and siblings wait for at Honolulu Harbor in Chapter 1?

2. What year is it in Chapter 12?

3. Dr. Goodhue comes from ______________.

4. Where are the people with leprosy kept on the boat?

5. Where is Rachel transferred after Kalihi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rachel's father's job? What does he bring her when he returns home in Chapter 1?

2. How does Rachel react to being at Kalihi?

3. How does Mother Marianne react when she sees the girls returning from the party in Chapter 10?

4. What political event takes place on the day after Pono departs for Moloka'i?

5. Why does Catherine take Henry to Kalawao during his visit to Moloka'i? What family news does Henry share with Rachel during his visit?

6. What does Rachel wonder about the ship called the Mokoli'i in Chapter 1?

7. What does Rachel decide to do for Haleola's funeral?

8. Why does Sister Catherine slap Rachel in Chapter 7?

9. At church, what does the preacher say about leprosy in Chapter 3?

10. What is a ho'oponopono, and what does Rachel's father reveal at it?

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