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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Precious begin thinking about as she gets older?
(a) College
(b) Boys
(c) Moving
(d) Teaching

2. Who does Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Carl
(c) Ms. Rain
(d) Mrs. Butter

3. Where is the halfway house that Ms. Rain and the girls find for Precious to live?
(a) Long Island
(b) Harlem
(c) Brooklyn
(d) Bronx

4. Who does Precious consider her family to be now that she has left Mary's house?
(a) Her children
(b) Ms. Rain
(c) Her classmates
(d) Her journals

5. What year is it when Chapter 4 opens?
(a) 1990
(b) 1989
(c) 1987
(d) 1991

6. Who is moved to an institution in Chapter 3 in order to receive adequate care?
(a) Abdul
(b) Mary
(c) Precious
(d) Little Mongo

7. While at the temporary shelter Mrs. Butter suggested, who tells Precious to put her bag in bed with her?
(a) The supervisor
(b) A girl she knew from her previous school
(c) An old man
(d) A drug addict

8. What does Ms. Rain advise Precious to do about Ms. Weiss and their counseling sessions?
(a) To bring a friend along to a session
(b) To cancel them immediately
(c) Try to open up to Ms. Weiss
(d) Find someone she does trust

9. What is Precious unsure about in terms of her future relationships?
(a) If she can trust her new friends
(b) If she can ever trust a man
(c) If she will ever be taken seriously
(d) If a boy will ever love her

10. In Chapter 4, what does Precious wonder about Carl when she thinks about her first baby?
(a) Why no one put him in jail
(b) What he told people when they saw Precious was pregnant
(c) If he knew about the pregnancy
(d) If he loved the baby

11. Why does Precious not trust her counselor, Ms. Weiss?
(a) Ms. Weiss wants to talk about the abuse
(b) Ms. Weiss is racist
(c) Ms. Weiss is not sensitive to Precious
(d) Ms. Weiss gives Precious odd looks

12. What does Precious write about in a poem?
(a) Her children
(b) Harlem
(c) School
(d) Sexual abuse

13. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious she can do with her life?
(a) Go to college
(b) Move away to somewhere new
(c) Find nice adoptive parents
(d) Charge her parents with sexual abuse

14. What does Precious think about in regards to Carl Kenwood Jones after receiving some startling news?
(a) When she will see him
(b) When he contracted HIV
(c) If he is going to look for Little Mongo and Abdul
(d) If he loves her

15. What does Precious not want Ms. Rain to see?
(a) Old school records
(b) Her journal entries about sex
(c) Scars from her mother's beatings
(d) Her children

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious in response to Precious saying Abdul is everything?

2. What does Precious' file say is the only thing she is not doing well with in school?

3. Who does Precious think about calling while at the temporary shelter?

4. After attending the Survivors of Incest Anonymous meeting with Rita, what is Precious surprised to learn?

5. What score does Precious get on the TABE test the second time she takes it?

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