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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Precious when the book begins?
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 16
(d) 17

2. What support group does Rita want Precious to join?
(a) HIV Help
(b) AID for AIDS
(c) A Woman's Body
(d) Body Positive

3. How does Precious think Farrakhan would explain why her father raped her?
(a) Her father was oppressed by white men
(b) He was also sexually abused as a child
(c) He felt he had the right to as her father
(d) He is uneducated and does not know better

4. What is Precious' mother worried about when she hears Mrs. Lichenstein at the door?
(a) That it is the police
(b) That it is her neighbor
(c) That someone is there to take away her welfare
(d) That it is a sales person

5. Who does Precious' first baby, Little Mongo, live with?
(a) Precious' grandmother
(b) Little Mongo was adopted
(c) Precious
(d) A foster family

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious promise her mother she will do about the welfare?

2. Where is Rhonda from?

3. What does Precious do when she orders chicken and the girl goes to the back for the fries?

4. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious, following her startling discovery about herself and Abdul?

5. How old is Precious when she leaves school to have her daughter?

(see the answer key)

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