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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Precious promise her unborn baby as she speaks to it?
(a) To be a better mom than Mary
(b) To send the baby to a good school
(c) To keep the baby safe
(d) To teach the baby how to read

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

3. Why does Precious not trust her counselor, Ms. Weiss?
(a) Ms. Weiss wants to talk about the abuse
(b) Ms. Weiss gives Precious odd looks
(c) Ms. Weiss is racist
(d) Ms. Weiss is not sensitive to Precious

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed about Precious' first baby when she flashes back to the memory of having her?

2. Why does Precious not want to go to counseling?

3. What does Ms. Weiss ask Precious when she returns with the Coke?

4. Why does Rita decide that the U.S. is a better place to live than Puerto Rico?

5. What year is it when Chapter 4 opens?

(see the answer key)

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