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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. Where does Mrs. Butter tell Precious her baby is?
(a) Operating Room
(b) Intensive care
(c) With her mother
(d) Child services
2. 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) Learning how to read
(c) Knitting a surprise for Little Mongo
(d) Sneaking out to the Alternative School
3. What book does Ms. Rain help Precious read through?
(a) Madeline
(b) A Day at the Beach
(c) Cat in the Hat
(d) Goodnight, Moon
4. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?
(a) Her father
(b) The Spanish man
(c) Her mother
(d) The neighbor
5. What is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?
(a) Men do not make lewd comments to her
(b) Her mother and father leave her alone
(c) Her mother is nicer to her
(d) She does not have to go to school
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Precious' father begin raping her?
2. How many classmates does Precious have in her class with Ms. Rain?
3. Who is considered the class clown in Ms. Rain's class?
4. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?
5. Who loans Precious money for lunch, causing her to cry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What upsets Precious when she goes to register for the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One school?
2. How do the time shifts occur with Precious in Chapter 1?
3. Why is Precious so excited that she has read the book "A Day at the Beach"?
4. What does Precious say when she speaks for the first time in class at the Alternative school?
5. What does one of Precious' classmates at the Alternative school do for her that makes her want to cry?
6. Although Precious likes her math teacher, Mr. Wicher, why does she yell at him on the first day of school?
7. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?
8. Why are the girls' journals that Ms. Rain has them write in each day so difficult to read?
9. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?
10. When Precious returns from her first day of school, what is Mary worrying about happening?
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