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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. 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

3. What did Precious grow up thinking about herself?
(a) She will always be overweight
(b) Her family is not hers
(c) She will never learn how to read
(d) Her insides and outsides are different

4. How does Precious tell Ms. Rain that she needs an HIV test?
(a) She sends her a letter
(b) She shows her a magazine article about AIDS
(c) With her journal
(d) In private

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

6. Where is the halfway house that Ms. Rain and the girls find for Precious to live?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Long Island
(c) Harlem
(d) Bronx

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

8. What does Ms. Rain call the depression Precious is experiencing?
(a) Anger turned inward
(b) A road block
(c) Bad attitude
(d) A waste of time

9. In Chapter 4, what support group does Rita want Precious to attend?
(a) Domestic abuse victim group
(b) Anger management
(c) Incest survivor group
(d) Young mothers group

10. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?
(a) How much Precious has grown
(b) Her roots in the world
(c) The circle of life
(d) Her connection to nature

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

12. Who is moved to an institution in Chapter 3 in order to receive adequate care?
(a) Little Mongo
(b) Mary
(c) Precious
(d) Abdul

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

14. Why does Precious not want to go to counseling?
(a) She does not have the money for counseling
(b) She does not see a point in bringing up the past
(c) She does not trust strangers
(d) She is afraid of getting in trouble

15. What does Precious understand about AIDS?
(a) It is curable
(b) It is a widespread epidemic
(c) Many people she knows have it.
(d) She and Abdul may have it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious keep secret in November?

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

3. After fighting with her mother, why does Precious take Abdul and go to the Emergency Room?

4. Who does the reader discover does not have HIV?

5. What is Precious' son's full name?

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