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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 does Precious tell Mrs. Butter once she finds her at the hospital?
(a) Her mother is insane
(b) She wants to live with her grandmother
(c) She has been raped
(d) She wants Mrs. Butter to take Abdul

2. What happens when Precious tells the social worker that Little Mongo does not live with her?
(a) The social worker retrieves Little Mongo
(b) Mary gets kicked off welfare
(c) Precious is sent to live with Little Mongo
(d) Precious' grandmother is given welfare

3. Where do Mrs. Butter and the other nurses send Precious after she comes back to the hospital?
(a) The police
(b) The armory
(c) The trauma room
(d) An orphanage

4. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious, following her startling discovery about herself and Abdul?
(a) She is going to be famous
(b) Ms. Rain will take care of Abdul
(c) She is proud of her
(d) She can live with Ms. Rain

5. What does Precious' file suggest she should look into pursuing?
(a) Being a home attendant
(b) Law
(c) Therapy
(d) Teaching

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is Precious reading in class?

2. What does Precious want to have checked out?

3. What does Precious say she no longer cares about now that she is getting an education?

4. In Chapter 4, what support group does Rita want Precious to attend?

5. Who begins attending counseling sessions with Precious?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the journal entries about that Precious does not want Ms. Rain to see?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 3 between Ms. Rain and Precious?

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

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

5. When Mary comes to visit Precious at the Harlem halfway house, what does Precious understand about her?

6. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom symbolic of?

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

8. What does Precious come to realize about her classmates and Ms. Rain after she learns she has HIV?

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

10. When Ms. Rain asks the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious imagine her life being like?

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