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

2. Who does the reader discover does not have HIV?
(a) Abdul
(b) Precious
(c) Mary
(d) Little Mongo

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

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

5. What does Precious not want Ms. Rain to see?
(a) Old school records
(b) Her journal entries about sex
(c) Her children
(d) Scars from her mother's beatings

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Precious say she no longer cares about now that she is getting an education?

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

4. For whom does Rita have an interest in starting a house?

5. What does Precious think about in regards to Carl Kenwood Jones after receiving some startling news?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mary goes to a counseling session with Precious, what is her version about the abuse that took place?

2. What happens to Precious when she returns home from the hospital after having Abdul?

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

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

5. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom symbolic of?

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

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

8. What does Ms. Rain suggest to Precious whenPrecious writes to her from the hospital?

9. What is Precious worried about concerning Abdul's first birthday and school?

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

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