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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. What does Henry tell Rachel about her mother in Chapter 9?
(a) She is working in a factory.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She took the children and moved away.
(d) She will visit soon.

2. What year is it when the novel begins?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1885.

3. What does Mother Marianne decide following Pono's death?
(a) Rachel will be allowed to visit Haleola once a month.
(b) Haleola will not be allowed to visit Rachel.
(c) Rachel will move in with Haleola.
(d) Rachel will not be able to visit Pono's gravesite.

4. What does the government in charge declare itself in Chapter 4?
(a) The Nation of Hawaii.
(b) The State of Hawaii.
(c) The Republic of Hawaii.
(d) The Democratic Republic of Hawaii.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine slap Rachel in Chapter 7?

2. What are the names of Rachel's brothers?

3. Who is Dorothy?

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

5. How does Rachel escape from Moko in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Pono's death, what does Haleola ask Rachel?

2. What does Dorothy find as she is cleaning Rachel after a fight with Sarah?

3. In Chapter 6, why is Emily happy to have leprosy?

4. What does Rachel become popular for at the dormitory in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

8. Why did Haleola come to Moloka'i? What does she do there?

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

10. What law does Rachel learn the Board of Health is trying to get passed in Chapter 13?

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