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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Precious keep secret in November?
(a) Her father
(b) Her first day of school
(c) Her birthday
(d) Her new baby

2. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?
(a) The doctor told her earlier
(b) Her home scale only goes to two hundred
(c) Her mother always comments on her weight
(d) She has been eating a lot due to the pregnancy

3. When does Precious have her son?
(a) January 15, 1988
(b) January 5, 1990
(c) January 20, 1987
(d) January 30, 1989

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

5. Who does Precious believe to be a real man?
(a) Langston Hughes
(b) The Spanish man
(c) Her father
(d) Farrakhan

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo Ann claim she wants that she mispronounces?

2. Why does Precious claim the students listen to her?

3. What does Mrs. Lichenstein suggest she and Precious do?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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