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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?
(a) Ms. McKnight
(b) Ms. Applebee
(c) A trauma specialist
(d) A young girl with a similar background

2. What book does Ms. Rain help Precious read through?
(a) Madeline
(b) Goodnight, Moon
(c) Cat in the Hat
(d) A Day at the Beach

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

4. What does Precious promise her unborn baby as she speaks to it?
(a) To send the baby to a good school
(b) To teach the baby how to read
(c) To be a better mom than Mary
(d) To keep the baby safe

5. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?
(a) The neighbor
(b) Her father
(c) The Spanish man
(d) Her mother

6. What does Mrs. Lichenstein suggest she and Precious do?
(a) Have a conference with Precious' mother
(b) Discuss homeschooling
(c) Find adoptive parents for the baby
(d) Make an appointment with a doctor

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

8. 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

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

10. How old is Precious when the book begins?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 14
(d) 16

11. How many classmates does Precious have in her class with Ms. Rain?
(a) 15
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 10

12. What does Mrs. Lichenstein talk about with Precious in her office?
(a) Her misbehavior in class
(b) Her relationship with Mr. Wicher
(c) Her dysfunctional home life
(d) Her second pregnancy at age sixteen

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rhonda from?

2. How many years has it been since Mary last left the house?

3. Who does Precious claim she feels like?

4. Who does Precious believe to be a real man?

5. What begins to happen to Precious in second grade?

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