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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ms. Weiss ask Precious when she returns with the Coke?
(a) To share her first memory
(b) How she feels about Carl
(c) Where she feels safest
(d) What she wants to do with her life

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

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

11. What is Precious worried about happening when Abdul turns one?
(a) Carl returning for his birthday
(b) Having him taken away
(c) Not being able to buy him presents
(d) Being kicked off aid

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

13. What does Precious understand about AIDS?
(a) It is curable
(b) Many people she knows have it.
(c) It is a widespread epidemic
(d) She and Abdul may have it

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

15. What does Precious ask Mary about Carl after Mary attends a counseling session with her?
(a) If he is coming back
(b) If he ever loved her
(c) If Mary still loves him
(d) If he was her real father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Precious tells the social worker that Little Mongo does not live with her?

3. What does Precious wake up to discover one evening at the temporary shelter?

4. What is Precious' son's full name?

5. What does Ms. Rain think about Precious that bewilders Precious?

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