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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims to be in the wrong class and not illiterate?
(a) Jo Ann
(b) Montenegro
(c) Precious
(d) Rhonda

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

3. For Precious to talk to Mrs. Lichenstein, what does she want Mrs. Lichenstein to do?
(a) Help her through the pregnancy
(b) Help her get out of her house
(c) Apologize for suspending her
(d) Give her an A in all of her classes

4. What does Ms. Rain ask the girls to do that terrifies Precious?
(a) Recite the ABC's
(b) Spell their names on the board
(c) Come to her office in alphabetical order
(d) Tell a story to the class

5. Why is Mrs. Lichenstein at Precious' house when time returns to the present in Chapter 1?
(a) She wants Precious to return her books
(b) She wants to press charges against Precious
(c) She wants Precious' parents arrested
(d) She wants to discuss Precious' education

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Precious born?

2. What does Precious promise her unborn baby as she speaks to it?

3. Why is Precious almost late for her first day of school at the Alternative School?

4. How many classmates does Precious have in her class with Ms. Rain?

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

(see the answer key)

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