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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary attempt to do to Precious when Precious returns from the hospital?
(a) Steal Abdul
(b) Keep her from going to school
(c) Kill her
(d) Rape her

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

3. After attending the Survivors of Incest Anonymous meeting with Rita, what is Precious surprised to learn?
(a) It is not her fault that she is a victim of incest
(b) Incest happens to "pretty white girls" too
(c) Incest is underreported
(d) Lots of people share her thoughts

4. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Precious do for the first time that she is then ashamed about?
(a) Insults one of her classmates
(b) Does not attend class
(c) Hits Abdul
(d) Screams at Ms. Rain

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

6. After fighting with her mother, why does Precious take Abdul and go to the Emergency Room?
(a) She wants to hide Abdul
(b) It is the only place Precious feels safe
(c) Mary injured her with a knife
(d) She does not feel well

7. Who does Precious think about calling while at the temporary shelter?
(a) Rhonda
(b) Her mother
(c) Ms. Rain
(d) Her neighbor

8. Who begins attending counseling sessions with Precious?
(a) Carl
(b) Mary
(c) Abdul
(d) Ms. Rain

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

10. What does Precious say about her assignment that is yet to be completed?
(a) She does not want to do it
(b) She has nothing to write about
(c) She is still not confident enough in her reading and writing.
(d) She does not have enough time to do it.

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

12. What does Ms. Rain ask Precious when Precious refers to her incest class as "insect"?
(a) If she is dyslexic
(b) If she knows the meaning of incest
(c) If she knows how to spell incest
(d) If she has had her hearing checked

13. What does Precious' file suggest she should look into pursuing?
(a) Therapy
(b) Being a home attendant
(c) Teaching
(d) Law

14. What does Precious tell Jermaine she wants to do after stealing her file from Ms. Weiss?
(a) Send Abdul to a good school
(b) Get off aid and go to college
(c) Turn her parents in for the abuse
(d) Become a special education teacher

15. What book is Precious reading in class?
(a) Black Boy
(b) Of Mice and Men
(c) The Color Purple
(d) I, Tituba

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Precious not want to go to counseling?

2. What does Precious want to have checked out?

3. What does Precious not want Ms. Rain to see?

4. What does Ms. Rain suggest that Precious do after she has given birth to Abdul?

5. What does Precious begin thinking about as she gets older?

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