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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what does Precious do for the first time that she is then ashamed about?
(a) Does not attend class
(b) Hits Abdul
(c) Screams at Ms. Rain
(d) Insults one of her classmates

4. What book is Precious reading in class?
(a) The Color Purple
(b) Of Mice and Men
(c) I, Tituba
(d) Black Boy

5. What does Precious talk about in the letter she writes to Ms. Rain at the hospital?
(a) Not knowing what to think about the baby.
(b) Her mother's abuse.
(c) Being raped by Carl.
(d) Her first child, Little Mongo.

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

7. Who does Precious consider her family to be now that she has left Mary's house?
(a) Her children
(b) Her journals
(c) Her classmates
(d) Ms. Rain

8. What did Rita's wealthy boyfriend do for Rita?
(a) Put her through rehab
(b) Bought her a car
(c) Gave her a place to live
(d) Paid to fix her teeth

9. What does Mary tell Precious she may do if she wants to after they attend a counseling session together?
(a) Give Abdul to her to take care of
(b) Apologize to her for stealing Carl
(c) Come home
(d) Get in touch with Carl

10. What is Precious' son's full name?
(a) Louis Jamal Abdul Jones
(b) Abdul Jamal Louis Jones
(c) Jamal Louis Abdul Jones
(d) Jamal Abdul Jones Louis

11. What does Precious begin thinking about as she gets older?
(a) Boys
(b) Teaching
(c) Moving
(d) College

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

13. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious she can do with her life?
(a) Go to college
(b) Charge her parents with sexual abuse
(c) Find nice adoptive parents
(d) Move away to somewhere new

14. What makes Precious feel better while having to deal with HIV?
(a) Playing with her son
(b) Talking to people
(c) Going to church
(d) Yelling at her mom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Precious worried about happening when Abdul turns one?

2. What year is it when Chapter 4 opens?

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

4. What does Precious understand about AIDS?

5. What does Precious ask Mary about Carl after Mary attends a counseling session with her?

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