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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 Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?
(a) A young girl with a similar background
(b) A trauma specialist
(c) Ms. Applebee
(d) Ms. McKnight

2. What is Precious' mother worried about when she hears Mrs. Lichenstein at the door?
(a) That it is her neighbor
(b) That it is the police
(c) That it is a sales person
(d) That someone is there to take away her welfare

3. What results from the encounters that begin happening to Precious in second grade?
(a) She adopts a chronic cough
(b) She gains weight
(c) She is more driven to learn
(d) She becomes more independent

4. How old is Precious when the book begins?
(a) 16
(b) 17
(c) 15
(d) 14

5. What begins to happen to Precious in second grade?
(a) Her mother begins beating her
(b) She starts being molested
(c) She starts to make friends
(d) She starts learning how to read

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is Precious supposed to be in?

2. What name does Precious tell Mrs. Butter is the name of her baby?

3. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?

4. Where is Rhonda from?

5. What do the girls learn as a group at the Alternative School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Precious say about Farrakhan?

2. What does one of Precious' classmates at the Alternative school do for her that makes her want to cry?

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

4. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein at school?

5. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?

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

7. What does Precious say when she speaks for the first time in class at the Alternative school?

8. Although Precious likes her math teacher, Mr. Wicher, why does she yell at him on the first day of school?

9. What is another reason revealed in Chapter 2 for why Precious' education is not up to par with the rest of her classmates?

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

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