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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 will happen if Rachel tests negative for leprosy one more time in Chapter 14?

2. What does Rachel do on Thursdays in Chapter 17?

3. Who is Hokea?

4. Who spoke Hawaiian at Haleola's funeral?

5. How does Ruth react when she finds out that Rachel had leprosy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What punishment does Crossen receive for killing Kenji?

2. What does Rachel think when she sees Honolulu for the first time in more than fifty years?

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

4. How does Rachel react to the news of her pregnancy?

5. What causes Francine's death?

6. What documents does Rachel set about obtaining in Chapter 21?

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

8. What event seems to aggravate Crossen's anger in Chapter 19? On the night that Kenji dies, why did he go over to Crossen's home?

9. What did Rachel do in the last twenty years of her life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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