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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?
(a) Hiding from her mother
(b) Sneaking out to the Alternative School
(c) Knitting a surprise for Little Mongo
(d) Learning how to read

2. What grade is Precious supposed to be in?
(a) Eighth grade
(b) Twelfth grade
(c) Eleventh grade
(d) Tenth grade

3. How many years has it been since Mary last left the house?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Two
(d) Four

4. What does Ms. Rain tell the girls that they can call her?
(a) Purple
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Red

5. What class does Precious sign up for after taking the Alternative School's test?
(a) The G.E.D. class
(b) The pre-G.E.D. class
(c) The easiest class
(d) The special education class

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Precious when she leaves school to have her daughter?

2. Who claims to be in the wrong class and not illiterate?

3. What is revealed about Precious' first baby when she flashes back to the memory of having her?

4. What is Precious nervous about when she enters the classroom on her first day at the Alternative School?

5. What is the welfare office doing that Mary is upset about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Precious when she goes to register for the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One school?

2. Who does Precious try to find after she has her first baby?

3. Why is Precious a ninth grader and not the junior in high school that she should be?

4. How did Precious become so overweight at such a young age?

5. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?

6. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

7. Why is Precious so excited that she has read the book "A Day at the Beach"?

8. What prevents Precious from being able to care about and succeed in her education?

9. Why does Precious not want her mother to know about her second pregnancy?

10. What does one of Precious' classmates at the Alternative school do for her that makes her want to cry?

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