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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. Where had Rachel decided to spend her last days?
(a) Her sister's home.
(b) Her childhood neighborhood.
(c) Kalaupapa.
(d) At a hospital.

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

3. Who does Rachel discover adopted Ruth?
(a) A white family.
(b) A Korean family.
(c) A Hawaiian family.
(d) A Japanese family.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who spoke Hawaiian at Haleola's funeral?

3. What is the name of the ship that Rachel takes to visit Ruth?

4. Why does Rachel move in with Emily?

5. Who is Jake Puehu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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