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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. Why does Rachel see Dr. Goodhue frequently?

2. What year is it when the novel begins?

3. How many people on the boat are infected with leprosy?

4. How does Rachel feel when her father comes for a visit in Chapter 9?

5. What shocks the people on board when the boat nears Kalaupapa Peninsula?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rachel interested in during her Sunday school lessons?

2. What political event takes place on the day after Pono departs for Moloka'i?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Sister Catherine slap Rachel in Chapter 7?

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

9. What happens when Rachel follows Moko to his house?

10. What law does Rachel learn the Board of Health is trying to get passed in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of hope. What does Rachel maintain hope for? How does she remain hopeful despite the dire circumstances she finds herself in? What does Rachel's undying hope tell the reader about her character?

Essay Topic 2

What happens at the end of the novel "Moloka'i "? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Rachel's time at Kalihi and Bishop Home. Why is she sent to these two places? What does she encounter when she first arrives in Kalihi? Describe her emotions in Kalihi. How does she feel about living at Bishop Home when she first arrives? What other characters live there? How do they impact Rachel's life?

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