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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade is Precious in at the beginning of the story?
(a) Ninth grade
(b) Tenth grade
(c) Eleventh grade
(d) Eighth grade

2. What does Precious tell the class she is good at?
(a) Knitting
(b) Smiling
(c) Cooking
(d) Running

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

4. What does Precious nickname the black nurse at the hospital?
(a) Mrs. Pepper
(b) Mrs. Angel
(c) Mrs. Butter
(d) Mrs. Muffin

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ms. Rain ask the girls to do that terrifies Precious?

5. Who does Precious claim she feels like?

(see the answer key)

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