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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. Why does Rachel run away in Chapter 8?
(a) She dislikes her guardians.
(b) She is scared of the superintendent.
(c) She wants to go find her family.
(d) She is worried about Pono.

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

3. Where is 'Moloka'i' set?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Thailand.

4. Who sends Rachel letters frequently?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. Who is Haleola?
(a) Francine's mother.
(b) Her new teacher.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Uncle Pono's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pono unable to visit Rachel in Chapter 7?

2. What does Henry tell Rachel about her sister Sarah in Chapter 10?

3. Where is Rachel transferred after Kalihi?

4. Whom does Sister Catherine write to in Chapter 9?

5. Who is the letter from that Haleola reads while Pono sleeps in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Sister Catherine to question her religious beliefs in Chapter 12?

2. Where does Wyckoff take Rachel in Chapter 3? What does he collect there?

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

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

5. Where is Rachel told she will live on Moloka'i? Why doesn't Mother Marianne think Rachel should live with her uncle?

6. How does Rachel react to being at Kalihi?

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

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

9. Why does Rachel decide to run away in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer keys)

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