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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 Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?
(a) Mrs. Butter
(b) Ms. Rain
(c) Carl
(d) Her grandmother

2. Why does Precious not trust her counselor, Ms. Weiss?
(a) Ms. Weiss gives Precious odd looks
(b) Ms. Weiss is racist
(c) Ms. Weiss is not sensitive to Precious
(d) Ms. Weiss wants to talk about the abuse

3. What does Ms. Rain ask Precious about her father?
(a) If he tries to contact her
(b) How long he has abused her
(c) Where he is at the moment
(d) If he has been to prison before

4. While at the temporary shelter Mrs. Butter suggested, who tells Precious to put her bag in bed with her?
(a) A girl she knew from her previous school
(b) An old man
(c) The supervisor
(d) A drug addict

5. What does Precious wake up to discover one evening at the temporary shelter?
(a) Someone stealing Abdul
(b) Shouting and cussing
(c) Someone stealing her shoes
(d) A fight that broke out over food

Short Answer Questions

1. Following her counseling session with Ms. Weiss and Mary, what does Precious do after speaking with Mary in order to calm herself down?

2. What does Precious tell Jermaine she wants to do after stealing her file from Ms. Weiss?

3. What book is Precious reading in class?

4. Where do Mrs. Butter and the other nurses send Precious after she comes back to the hospital?

5. What does Ms. Rain notice happening when Precious is mad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening to Precious at the opening of Chapter 4?

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

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

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

5. What kind of things happen to Precious and Abdul when Mrs. Butter sends them to stay at the armory?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Precious' file say about Precious and what is she afraid her file could do to her?

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