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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. How does Kenji die in Chapter 19?
(a) He has an allergic reaction.
(b) He is accidentally stabbed.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He hits his head on a door.

2. What do the patients soon discover about the facility in Chapter 14?
(a) It is not well funded.
(b) The facility rules are too strict.
(c) No Hawaiians work there.
(d) The patients are treated like animals.

3. What do the radio broadcasts from Oahu announce?
(a) Hawaii has joint the American union.
(b) Wildfires are burning in Oahu.
(c) The Japanese have attacked Hawaii.
(d) A ferry accident has killed 100 people in Honolulu.

4. What is Kenji's job?
(a) He is a short order cook.
(b) He is a police officer.
(c) He manages the Kalaupapa store.
(d) He is a janitor.

5. How does Ruth react when she finds out that Rachel had leprosy?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She says she already knew.
(c) She worries that she might have it, too.
(d) She is shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Japanese man look everytime Rachel sees him in Chapter 15?

2. How long does Ruth wait before calling Rachel again in Chapter 22?

3. What does Rachel convince Kenji not to do in Chapter 15?

4. Rachel and Jake are mutually interested in ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kenji send money to his family for many years? What made him stop?

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

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

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

5. Who meets Ruth and Peggy when they arrive at Kalaupapa?

6. Where does Rachel find a job in Chapter 22? Why is she fired?

7. In Chapter 21, what does Rachel discover about the stories her father told her about her family for many years?

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

9. What punishment does Crossen receive for killing Kenji?

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

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