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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Precious say she no longer cares about now that she is getting an education?
(a) New clothes
(b) Her mother
(c) Names people call her
(d) Cooking

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

4. What does Mary attempt to do to Precious when Precious returns from the hospital?
(a) Keep her from going to school
(b) Kill her
(c) Steal Abdul
(d) Rape her

5. What does Jermaine write for the students' book?
(a) Harlem Girl
(b) Harlem Days
(c) Harlem Butch
(d) Harlem Loneliness

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Precious born?

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

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

4. Why did Rhonda not attend school when she first moved to the U.S.?

5. What does Precious refuse to do at the hospital after Mrs. Butter questions her?

(see the answer key)

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