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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Mrs. Butter and the other nurses send Precious after she comes back to the hospital?
(a) The trauma room
(b) An orphanage
(c) The police
(d) The armory

2. What does Precious' file say is the only thing she is not doing well with in school?
(a) Her classmates
(b) Math
(c) Her TABE scores
(d) Attendance

3. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious in response to Precious saying Abdul is everything?
(a) Being intelligent is everything
(b) Reading and writing is everything
(c) Being with your loved ones is everything
(d) Being safe is everything

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

5. Who does the reader discover does not have HIV?
(a) Precious
(b) Little Mongo
(c) Mary
(d) Abdul

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

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

8. What does Ms. Rain point out in Precious' journal entry that she reads aloud to the class?
(a) Her hate for her mother.
(b) The abuse she has encountered
(c) Her emotional attachment to Abdul
(d) Stealing the counselor's file

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

10. What does Ms. Rain notice happening when Precious is mad?
(a) Her son goes and hides
(b) She turns assignments in late
(c) Her spelling worsens
(d) She eats a lot

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

12. What does Precious do after Ms. Weiss leaves the office to get her a Coke?
(a) Steals her file
(b) Runs out of the office
(c) Draws a picture
(d) Cries

13. What does Precious' grandmother say when she visits Precious at the hospital?
(a) Not to get pregnant again
(b) Only a dog leaves a baby
(c) Little Mongo misses her
(d) She needs to give up the baby

14. How does Precious tell Ms. Rain that she needs an HIV test?
(a) With her journal
(b) She shows her a magazine article about AIDS
(c) She sends her a letter
(d) In private

15. What does Mary accuse Precious of doing?
(a) Stealing Carl
(b) Tricking her
(c) Getting pregnant on purpose
(d) Stealing her welfare

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious say she no longer cares about now that she is getting an education?

2. What does Precious think about in regards to Carl Kenwood Jones after receiving some startling news?

3. What does Precious tell Jermaine she wants to do after stealing her file from Ms. Weiss?

4. Following her counseling session with Ms. Weiss and Mary, what does Precious do after speaking with Mary in order to calm herself down?

5. What does Ms. Rain advise Precious to do about Ms. Weiss and their counseling sessions?

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