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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the things that Precious brings to the class as her personal touch?
(a) A drawing of hers
(b) A picture of Abdul
(c) An apron
(d) A poem

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

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

4. What score does Precious get on the TABE test the second time she takes it?
(a) 8.0
(b) 7.8
(c) 7.5
(d) 7.7

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

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

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

8. What has Precious not completed that each girl in the class is required to do?
(a) Write her life story
(b) Pass the G.E.D. test
(c) Complete all homework assignments
(d) Get an A on a test

9. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?
(a) Her roots in the world
(b) How much Precious has grown
(c) Her connection to nature
(d) The circle of life

10. For whom does Rita have an interest in starting a house?
(a) Former drug addicts
(b) Orphaned children
(c) Incest victims
(d) HIV positive women and kids

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

12. What support group does Rita want Precious to join?
(a) HIV Help
(b) A Woman's Body
(c) Body Positive
(d) AID for AIDS

13. 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

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

15. In Chapter 4, what support group does Rita want Precious to attend?
(a) Domestic abuse victim group
(b) Young mothers group
(c) Anger management
(d) Incest survivor group

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious write about in a poem?

2. What does Precious understand about AIDS?

3. What does Ms. Rain ask Precious when Precious refers to her incest class as "insect"?

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

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

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