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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered the class clown in Ms. Rain's class?
(a) Jermaine
(b) Precious
(c) Jo Ann
(d) Rhonda

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

3. What grade is Precious in at the beginning of the story?
(a) Ninth grade
(b) Tenth grade
(c) Eleventh grade
(d) Eighth grade

4. What is Precious nervous about when she enters the classroom on her first day at the Alternative School?
(a) If she will pee her pants
(b) If the teacher will berate her for being late
(c) If the other kids are smarter than her
(d) If the kids will taunt her

5. 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 mother's budget
(c) Her social security card
(d) Her previous school records

6. What is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?
(a) Her mother and father leave her alone
(b) Her mother is nicer to her
(c) She does not have to go to school
(d) Men do not make lewd comments to her

7. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?
(a) Dry cereal
(b) Cheese
(c) Bread
(d) Ham

8. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?
(a) Her home scale only goes to two hundred
(b) Her mother always comments on her weight
(c) She has been eating a lot due to the pregnancy
(d) The doctor told her earlier

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

10. What does Precious wonder about her second baby?
(a) If the baby will like her
(b) If the baby will be retarded
(c) If the baby will look like her father
(d) If the baby will be safe from her father

11. What does Precious promise her mother she will do about the welfare?
(a) Pay Mary the difference
(b) Apply for welfare herself
(c) Go to more classes to be a full-time student
(d) Talk to the welfare people

12. What does Precious wonder about after her mother takes her back home?
(a) If her mother will make her get rid of the baby
(b) If she acted irrationally toward Mrs. Lichenstein
(c) When she had her first baby
(d) What she will name her baby

13. What does Ms. Rain want the girls to do every day?
(a) Try to learn a new word
(b) Think of something they like about themselves
(c) Write in a journal
(d) Say something nice to someone else

14. Why is the girls' handwriting difficult to read?
(a) They do not know how to use pens
(b) They write phonetically
(c) They write about their harsh backgrounds
(d) They write abrasive language

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Precious claim she feels like?

2. Why does Precious yell at her math teacher, Mr. Wicher?

3. What does Precious' mother do to Precious three months after Little Mongo is born?

4. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?

5. What does Precious leave on the counter of the fast food restaurant?

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