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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. How does Sarah react when she sees Rachel?.

2. Who meets Ruth and Peggy and tells them stories of Rachel?

3. Why does Crossen come to Kalaupapa instead of the leprosy colony close to his home in Louisiana?

4. Where is Kenji originally from?

5. How does the Japanese man look everytime Rachel sees him in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, what does Rachel fear about being released from the settlement?

3. In Chapter 21, what does Rachel discover about the stories her father told her about her family for many years?

4. Who meets Ruth and Peggy when they arrive at Kalaupapa?

5. What brings some new residents to Kalaupapa in Chapter 13? What do Rachel and Jake find they have a shared interest in?

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

7. Why is Henry delighted when he becomes ill in Chapter 15?

8. What difficulty does Rachel have once she arrives in Honolulu?

9. What punishment does Crossen receive for killing Kenji?

10. What causes Francine's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the characters Sister Catherine and Haleola . What does the reader learn of their pasts and family lives? What are their defining characteristics? Describe their relationships with Rachel. What comparisons can be made between these two characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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