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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?
(a) Learning how to read
(b) Sneaking out to the Alternative School
(c) Knitting a surprise for Little Mongo
(d) Hiding from her mother

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For Precious to talk to Mrs. Lichenstein, what does she want Mrs. Lichenstein to do?

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

3. What city did Jermaine leave to get out of trouble?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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