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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 Rachel convince Kenji not to do in Chapter 15?
(a) Hang himself.
(b) Jump from the cliffs.
(c) Swim out to sea.
(d) Run away from the settlement.

2. What does Rachel say she will do if eligible for temporary release in Chapter 18?
(a) She will stay in Kalaupapa anyway.
(b) She will throw herself a party.
(c) She will move to mainland America.
(d) She will try to find her siblings and her daughter.

3. Where is Crossen sent after he is sentenced for his crime?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Honolulu.
(d) Nowhere, he stays on Kalaupapa.

4. What does Rachel learn is the reason Dorothy disappeared?
(a) Dorothy ran away with Kimo after he developed leprosy.
(b) Dorothy moved away to the mainland.
(c) Dorothy fell in love with another man and married him.
(d) Dorothy developed leprosy and died.

5. What is the name of the ship that Rachel takes to visit Ruth?
(a) S.S. Louisa.
(b) S.S. Louellen.
(c) S.S. Lurline.
(d) S.S. Lindsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Rachel and others go to the highest point on the Kalaupapa Peninsula?

2. What will happen if Rachel tests negative for leprosy one more time in Chapter 14?

3. Where does Rachel meet Ruth?

4. Where is Kenji originally from?

5. What takes place on September 9th, 1909, in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what year does the Endnote take place? Why have Ruth and her daughter travelled to Kalaupapa?

3. What is Lani excited to show Rachel in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 18, what does Rachel hope to do if she and Kenji become eligible for temporary release from the settlement?

10. What did Rachel do in the last twenty years of her life?

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