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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Precious nervous about when she enters the classroom on her first day at the Alternative School?
(a) If the other kids are smarter than her
(b) If the teacher will berate her for being late
(c) If the kids will taunt her
(d) If she will pee her pants

2. What does Precious tell Mrs. Butter once she finds her at the hospital?
(a) She wants Mrs. Butter to take Abdul
(b) Her mother is insane
(c) She has been raped
(d) She wants to live with her grandmother

3. For whom does Rita have an interest in starting a house?
(a) HIV positive women and kids
(b) Former drug addicts
(c) Orphaned children
(d) Incest victims

4. Where do Mrs. Butter and the other nurses send Precious after she comes back to the hospital?
(a) The armory
(b) The trauma room
(c) An orphanage
(d) The police

5. What has Precious not completed that each girl in the class is required to do?
(a) Complete all homework assignments
(b) Get an A on a test
(c) Write her life story
(d) Pass the G.E.D. test

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Precious believe to be a real man?

2. Who loans Precious money for lunch, causing her to cry?

3. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?

4. What grade is Precious in at the beginning of the story?

5. Who does Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?

(see the answer key)

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