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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?
(a) The Spanish man
(b) Her father
(c) Her mother
(d) The neighbor

2. What does Jermaine write for the students' book?
(a) Harlem Butch
(b) Harlem Girl
(c) Harlem Loneliness
(d) Harlem Days

3. What is one of the things that Precious brings to the class as her personal touch?
(a) A picture of Abdul
(b) An apron
(c) A poem
(d) A drawing of hers

4. What does Precious write about in a poem?
(a) Harlem
(b) Sexual abuse
(c) School
(d) Her children

5. Who does Precious think about calling while at the temporary shelter?
(a) Ms. Rain
(b) Rhonda
(c) Her neighbor
(d) Her mother

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Precious wonder about Carl when she thinks about her first baby?

2. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?

3. When Ms. Rain tells the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious fantasize about?

4. What does Ms. Rain point out in Precious' journal entry that she reads aloud to the class?

5. What causes Rhonda to go back to living on the streets after her second job with the old man?

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