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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. What does Haleola notice when she walks to the beach to meet Rachel in Chapter 10?

3. Why do Lani, Emily, and Francine go to Haleola's house?

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

5. What year is it in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Catherine take Henry to Kalawao during his visit to Moloka'i? What family news does Henry share with Rachel during his visit?

3. Why did Haleola come to Moloka'i? What does she do there?

4. Where does Wyckoff take Rachel in Chapter 3? What does he collect there?

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

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

7. What do Rachel and her friends decide to sneak away to do in Chapter 10?

8. Why does Rachel want to return to Moloka'i after sneaking away?

9. What happens to Harry Woo at school in Chapter 3? What rumor circulates the following day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the relationship between Rachel and Kenji. What do they feel for one another? How does their relationship evolve as the novel progresses? How does Kenji die, and how does his death impact Rachel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of escape. Why does Rachel yearn to escape her life? How does she go about doing so? How is she finally able to escape Moloka'i? How does she feel once she has left?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Rachel Kalama. What are Rachel's defining character traits? Whom is she close to in the novel? What happens to Rachel throughout the novel?

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