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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims to be in the wrong class and not illiterate?
(a) Jo Ann
(b) Precious
(c) Rhonda
(d) Montenegro

2. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?
(a) Knitting a surprise for Little Mongo
(b) Hiding from her mother
(c) Sneaking out to the Alternative School
(d) Learning how to read

3. What grade is Precious supposed to be in?
(a) Eighth grade
(b) Eleventh grade
(c) Tenth grade
(d) Twelfth grade

4. What name does Precious tell Mrs. Butter is the name of her baby?
(a) Her grandfather's name
(b) A name she heard on TV
(c) A boy's from school
(d) The same name as her father

5. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?
(a) Arguing with Mrs. Lichenstein
(b) Holding a knife
(c) Doing her homework
(d) Hiding from her father

6. Who loans Precious money for lunch, causing her to cry?
(a) Rita
(b) Montenegro
(c) Ms. Rain
(d) Rhonda

7. What does Precious nickname the black nurse at the hospital?
(a) Mrs. Muffin
(b) Mrs. Angel
(c) Mrs. Pepper
(d) Mrs. Butter

8. What does the secretary at the Alternative School need from Precious to see if she is eligible for the program?
(a) An admission fee
(b) Her previous school records
(c) Her mother's budget
(d) Her social security card

9. What was Rita before she attended the Alternative School?
(a) An orphan
(b) Affluent
(c) A crack addict
(d) An honor student

10. Where does Mrs. Butter tell Precious her baby is?
(a) With her mother
(b) Child services
(c) Intensive care
(d) Operating Room

11. Who does Precious' first baby, Little Mongo, live with?
(a) A foster family
(b) Precious' grandmother
(c) Precious
(d) Little Mongo was adopted

12. What does Jo Ann claim she wants that she mispronounces?
(a) Her own record layer.
(b) Enough money to get out of the garage
(c) Her own TV pile
(d) To be a heinous actress

13. What city did Jermaine leave to get out of trouble?
(a) Bronx
(b) Camden
(c) Harlem
(d) North Philaldelphia

14. How old is Precious when she leaves school to have her daughter?
(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 15

15. What does Carl, Precious' father, do after learning of Little Mongo?
(a) Takes full custody of the baby
(b) Beats Precious
(c) Leaves for many years
(d) Blames Precious' mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?

2. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein?

3. How does Precious think Farrakhan would explain why her father raped her?

4. What does Ms. Rain ask the girls to do that terrifies Precious?

5. What results from the encounters that begin happening to Precious in second grade?

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