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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 Ms. Rain have the girls do once they are all in attendance?
(a) Make name tags
(b) Play a friendly game
(c) Sit in a circle and do introductions
(d) Pair up for problem solving

2. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?
(a) Doing her homework
(b) Hiding from her father
(c) Holding a knife
(d) Arguing with Mrs. Lichenstein

3. What is one of the reasons why Precious was held back in the second grade?
(a) She misbehaved
(b) She could not read
(c) She could not speak properly
(d) She did not attend class

4. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?
(a) The Spanish man
(b) Her mother
(c) The neighbor
(d) Her father

5. Why does Precious claim the students listen to her?
(a) They respect her
(b) They are scared of her
(c) They like her
(d) They do not like Mr. Wicher

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principal tell Precious' teacher in second grade who tries to help her?

2. Why does Mr. Wicher like Precious?

3. Who does Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?

4. Why is the girls' handwriting difficult to read?

5. Where is Rhonda from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Precious say about Farrakhan?

2. What is the irony of Jo Ann wanting to work in the record label industry?

3. Who does Precious try to find after she has her first baby?

4. What does Ms. Rain ask the students to do that horrifies Precious?

5. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

6. Why is Precious so excited that she has read the book "A Day at the Beach"?

7. Why are the girls' journals that Ms. Rain has them write in each day so difficult to read?

8. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?

9. Why does Precious have a hard time understanding that she had a baby?

10. Why does Precious not want her mother to know about her second pregnancy?

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