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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the superintendent of the leper settlement?

2. Whom does Rachel kiss in Chapter 11?

3. What does Rachel think of the moving pictures?

4. How does Rachel feel about her Uncle Pono?

5. Whom does Rachel befriend upon moving into the dormitory at Moloka'i?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rachel become popular for at the dormitory in Chapter 9?

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

3. Why is Rachel allowed to leave Bishop Home though she is not yet eighteen years old?

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

5. What is a ho'oponopono, and what does Rachel's father reveal at it?

6. In Chapter 6, why is Emily happy to have leprosy?

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

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

9. What does Rachel hear about a patient who left Moloka'i in Chapter 12?

10. What does Dorothy find as she is cleaning Rachel after a fight with Sarah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of historical fiction. What are the elements of this genre? Why is "Moloka'i " an example of this genre? What are some other novels of the same genre? What do these novels have in common with "Moloka'i"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of discrimination. How is Rachel discriminated? Why is she discriminated against? How does the social stigma attached to leprosy affect Rachel's life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Brennert's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why does Brennert use foreshadowing? How do the examples of foreshadowing affect the tone of the novel?

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