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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the welfare office doing that Mary is upset about?
(a) Removing Precious from the check
(b) Telling her to get a job
(c) Revoking Mary's welfare
(d) Alerting the IRS about Mary

2. Who takes a pass on answering Ms. Rain's questions about herself?
(a) Rita
(b) Montenegro
(c) Jermaine
(d) Precious

3. What does Precious talk about in the letter she writes to Ms. Rain at the hospital?
(a) Not knowing what to think about the baby.
(b) Her mother's abuse.
(c) Being raped by Carl.
(d) Her first child, Little Mongo.

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

5. When Ms. Rain tells the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious fantasize about?
(a) Being famous
(b) Having a lot of money
(c) Living in Manhattan
(d) Being a virgin

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Precious have her son?

2. What does Ms. Rain suggest that Precious do after she has given birth to Abdul?

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

4. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?

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

(see the answer key)

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