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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Precious when she leaves school to have her daughter?
(a) 13
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 14

2. Where does Mrs. Butter tell Precious her baby is?
(a) Operating Room
(b) Child services
(c) Intensive care
(d) With her mother

3. What does Mrs. Lichenstein talk about with Precious in her office?
(a) Her dysfunctional home life
(b) Her second pregnancy at age sixteen
(c) Her relationship with Mr. Wicher
(d) Her misbehavior in class

4. What is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?
(a) She does not have to go to school
(b) Men do not make lewd comments to her
(c) Her mother and father leave her alone
(d) Her mother is nicer to her

5. What does Precious wonder about after her mother takes her back home?
(a) What she will name her baby
(b) If she acted irrationally toward Mrs. Lichenstein
(c) If her mother will make her get rid of the baby
(d) When she had her first baby

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?

2. When did Precious' mother notice that Precious was pregnant with her first baby?

3. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?

4. Why does Precious claim the students listen to her?

5. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?

(see the answer key)

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