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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Precious consider her family to be now that she has left Mary's house?
(a) Ms. Rain
(b) Her journals
(c) Her classmates
(d) Her children

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

3. What does Precious promise her mother she will do about the welfare?
(a) Go to more classes to be a full-time student
(b) Apply for welfare herself
(c) Pay Mary the difference
(d) Talk to the welfare people

4. Following her counseling session with Ms. Weiss and Mary, what does Precious do after speaking with Mary in order to calm herself down?
(a) Calls Ms. Rain
(b) Calls her grandmother
(c) Writes in her journal
(d) Hugs Abdul

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Precious wake up to discover one evening at the temporary shelter?

2. What is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?

3. What does the secretary at the Alternative School need from Precious to see if she is eligible for the program?

4. What does Precious understand about AIDS?

5. What does Mary attempt to do to Precious when Precious returns from the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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