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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 tell Lani to see a doctor?
(a) Rachel thinks Lani is pregnant.
(b) Lani steps on a shard of glass.
(c) Lani's leprosy symptoms are worstening.
(d) Rachel thinks Lani has tumors.

2. Where does Rachel get a job upon returning to Honolulu?
(a) At a gift shop.
(b) At a library.
(c) At a coffee shop.
(d) At a newspaper stand.

3. How does Aunt Florence react when she sees Rachel in Chapter 21?
(a) She is shocked.
(b) She denies that Rachel is who she says she is.
(c) She is overjoyed.
(d) She thinks Rachel is Sara, her sister.

4. Who meets Ruth and Peggy and tells them stories of Rachel?
(a) Emily.
(b) Nahoa.
(c) Sister Catherine.
(d) Hokea.

5. Where does Rachel meet Ruth?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) At a train station.
(d) At a public park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kenji's job?

2. Who speaks in Hawaiian at Rachel's funeral?

3. What do the patients soon discover about the facility in Chapter 14?

4. Lani dies of __________.

5. What happens after a customer notices Rachel's crippled hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rachel go after returning to Hawaii in Chapter 22?

2. What event seems to aggravate Crossen's anger in Chapter 19? On the night that Kenji dies, why did he go over to Crossen's home?

3. How does Crossen think he got leprosy? Who is he full of hate for as a result?

4. What does Ruth want to know when Rachel first contacts her? How does Ruth react to Rachel's explanation?

5. Why did Crossen choose to be sent to the leprosarium at Kalaupapa instead of Carville?

6. Why do the patients at the Leprosy Investigation Station leave one by one?

7. At the end of the novel, what are the residents of Kalaupapa worried about?

8. Where does Rachel volunteer to go after her leprosy test comes back positive in Chapter 14?

9. After gaining access to Ruth's adoption papers, what does Rachel find out about Ruth's adoptive family?

10. In Chapter 18, what does Rachel fear about being released from the settlement?

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