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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 one of the things that Precious brings to the class as her personal touch?
(a) An apron
(b) A poem
(c) A picture of Abdul
(d) A drawing of hers

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

3. What does Precious' file say is the only thing she is not doing well with in school?
(a) Her classmates
(b) Attendance
(c) Math
(d) Her TABE scores

4. 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 a boy will ever love her
(d) If she can ever trust a man

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Precious do for the first time that she is then ashamed about?

2. What does Ms. Rain call the depression Precious is experiencing?

3. What does Precious understand about AIDS?

4. Why does Precious not want to go to counseling?

5. What book is Precious reading in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mary visits Precious at the halfway house, what does she reveal to Precious?

2. What does Precious learn about Ms. Rain and how does it help correct a previous misconception she had?

3. What existential argument does Precious grapple with at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Where does Precious go after she leaves her home with Abdul and who does she look for?

5. What is Precious worried about concerning Abdul's first birthday and school?

6. What does Ms. Rain suggest to Precious whenPrecious writes to her from the hospital?

7. When Precious attends the incest survivors meeting with Rita, what is she surprised to find out?

8. What is the meaning behind Precious' second child's name, Abdul Jamal Louis Jones?

9. What happens to Precious when she returns home from the hospital after having Abdul?

10. How does Precious feel about her second child, Abdul?

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