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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Precious keep secret in November?
(a) Her new baby
(b) Her father
(c) Her birthday
(d) Her first day of school

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

3. When Ms. Rain tells the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious fantasize about?
(a) Being a virgin
(b) Having a lot of money
(c) Living in Manhattan
(d) Being famous

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

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

6. What does Precious want to have checked out?
(a) Her cholesterol
(b) Her teeth
(c) Her eyes
(d) Her blood

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

8. Who does Precious write a touching poem about?
(a) Little Mongo
(b) Her grandmother
(c) Abdul
(d) Mrs. Butter

9. Why does Precious not want to go to counseling?
(a) She does not see a point in bringing up the past
(b) She does not trust strangers
(c) She does not have the money for counseling
(d) She is afraid of getting in trouble

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

11. Following her counseling session with Ms. Weiss and Mary, what does Precious do after speaking with Mary in order to calm herself down?
(a) Hugs Abdul
(b) Calls Ms. Rain
(c) Writes in her journal
(d) Calls her grandmother

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

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

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

15. What does Precious say she no longer cares about now that she is getting an education?
(a) Names people call her
(b) Cooking
(c) New clothes
(d) Her mother

Short Answer Questions

1. In September 1988, what award does Precious receive from the city?

2. What does Precious tell Mrs. Butter once she finds her at the hospital?

3. What does Precious' grandmother say when she visits Precious at the hospital?

4. While at the temporary shelter Mrs. Butter suggested, who tells Precious to put her bag in bed with her?

5. What does Ms. Weiss ask Precious when she returns with the Coke?

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