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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. Who does Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?
(a) A young girl with a similar background
(b) Ms. Applebee
(c) A trauma specialist
(d) Ms. McKnight

2. What does Precious' mother do to Precious three months after Little Mongo is born?
(a) Abandons her
(b) Makes her get a job
(c) Molests her
(d) Forces her out of the house

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

4. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?
(a) She has been eating a lot due to the pregnancy
(b) Her mother always comments on her weight
(c) Her home scale only goes to two hundred
(d) The doctor told her earlier

5. What does Jo Ann have that belongs to Precious?
(a) Her wallet
(b) Her fries
(c) Her notebook
(d) Her house keys

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lichenstein talk about with Precious in her office?

2. How many classmates does Precious have in her class with Ms. Rain?

3. What grade is Precious in at the beginning of the story?

4. For Precious to talk to Mrs. Lichenstein, what does she want Mrs. Lichenstein to do?

5. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of Jo Ann wanting to work in the record label industry?

2. Why does Precious have a hard time understanding that she had a baby?

3. What does Ms. Rain ask the students to do that horrifies Precious?

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

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

6. What does Precious need to do in order to register for the Alternative school?

7. Although Precious likes her math teacher, Mr. Wicher, why does she yell at him on the first day of school?

8. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein at school?

9. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?

10. How do the time shifts occur with Precious in Chapter 1?

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