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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. What sport has Rachel become skilled at by Chapter 10?

2. Whom do Rachel and her mother and siblings wait for at Honolulu Harbor in Chapter 1?

3. What do Rachel's classmates call leprosy?

4. Who is the letter from that Haleola reads while Pono sleeps in Chapter 7?

5. What does Mother Marianne decide following Pono's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is Rachel's family affected after she is discovered to have leprosy?

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

10. How does Sister Catherine ensure that Rachel and Haleola are able to see each other after Pono's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Moloka'i." Who are the members of Rachel's family? Is family important to Rachel? How does Rachel's family affect her decisions and actions? Describe Rachel's relationship with her father and daughter.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of religion in the novel. Is religion an important element of the story? Why or why not? Is Rachel a religious person? How does religion influence her choices in life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Moloka'i." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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