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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 many years is Crossen sentenced to prison?

2. What are the homes at the settlement provided with in Chapter 18?

3. What does Rachel learn is the reason Dorothy disappeared?

4. Where does Rachel get a job upon returning to Honolulu?

5. Where do Ruth and Peggy travel to in the Endnote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lani excited to show Rachel in Chapter 15?

2. Why did Crossen choose to be sent to the leprosarium at Kalaupapa instead of Carville?

3. What does Rachel do every year in memory of her daughter?

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

5. Why did Kenji send money to his family for many years? What made him stop?

6. In what year does the Endnote take place? Why have Ruth and her daughter travelled to Kalaupapa?

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

8. What causes Rachel to feel ashamed when visiting Jake at the lighthouse in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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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