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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who loans Precious money for lunch, causing her to cry?
(a) Ms. Rain
(b) Rhonda
(c) Montenegro
(d) Rita

2. Who does Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?
(a) Her grandmother
(b) Carl
(c) Mrs. Butter
(d) Ms. Rain

3. What does Ms. Weiss ask Precious when she returns with the Coke?
(a) Where she feels safest
(b) What she wants to do with her life
(c) How she feels about Carl
(d) To share her first memory

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

5. For whom does Rita have an interest in starting a house?
(a) Incest victims
(b) HIV positive women and kids
(c) Orphaned children
(d) Former drug addicts

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Precious' file say is the only thing she is not doing well with in school?

3. After attending the Survivors of Incest Anonymous meeting with Rita, what is Precious surprised to learn?

4. How does Precious think Farrakhan would explain why her father raped her?

5. What does Mary attempt to do to Precious when Precious returns from the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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