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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 ask Mary about Carl after Mary attends a counseling session with her?
(a) If he ever loved her
(b) If Mary still loves him
(c) If he was her real father
(d) If he is coming back

2. In Chapter 4, what does Precious wonder about Carl when she thinks about her first baby?
(a) If he knew about the pregnancy
(b) What he told people when they saw Precious was pregnant
(c) If he loved the baby
(d) Why no one put him in jail

3. What is Precious unsure about in terms of her future relationships?
(a) If a boy will ever love her
(b) If she can ever trust a man
(c) If she will ever be taken seriously
(d) If she can trust her new friends

4. What does Precious say about her assignment that is yet to be completed?
(a) She is still not confident enough in her reading and writing.
(b) She does not have enough time to do it.
(c) She has nothing to write about
(d) She does not want to do it

5. What has Precious not completed that each girl in the class is required to do?
(a) Write her life story
(b) Complete all homework assignments
(c) Get an A on a test
(d) Pass the G.E.D. test

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious tell Mrs. Butter once she finds her at the hospital?

2. What does Mary tell Precious she may do if she wants to after they attend a counseling session together?

3. What happens when Precious tells the social worker that Little Mongo does not live with her?

4. What does Ms. Rain point out in Precious' journal entry that she reads aloud to the class?

5. When Ms. Rain tells the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious fantasize about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Precious think about calling while she is at the armory and why?

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

3. When Precious begins writing poetry, what is her poetry about?

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

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

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

7. How does Precious feel about her counselor, Ms. Weiss, and how does their first session go?

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

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

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

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