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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Move away to somewhere new
(d) Go to college

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Screams at Ms. Rain
(d) Hits Abdul

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

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

13. In September 1988, what award does Precious receive from the city?
(a) A young leader's award
(b) A literacy award
(c) A young woman's award
(d) A courage award

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

15. What makes Precious feel better while having to deal with HIV?
(a) Going to church
(b) Talking to people
(c) Yelling at her mom
(d) Playing with her son

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Precious have her son?

2. What does Mary attempt to do to Precious when Precious returns from the hospital?

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

4. What is Precious worried about happening when Abdul turns one?

5. What has Precious not completed that each girl in the class is required to do?

(see the answer keys)

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