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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?
(a) Her mother always comments on her weight
(b) Her home scale only goes to two hundred
(c) The doctor told her earlier
(d) She has been eating a lot due to the pregnancy

2. What book is Precious reading in class?
(a) The Color Purple
(b) Black Boy
(c) I, Tituba
(d) Of Mice and Men

3. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?
(a) Her connection to nature
(b) The circle of life
(c) Her roots in the world
(d) How much Precious has grown

4. How does Precious think Farrakhan would explain why her father raped her?
(a) He was also sexually abused as a child
(b) Her father was oppressed by white men
(c) He felt he had the right to as her father
(d) He is uneducated and does not know better

5. Why has Jermaine not passed her GED test yet?
(a) She does not care about getting her GED
(b) She works too much to take the test
(c) She does not want to leave school
(d) She does not study enough

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rita before she attended the Alternative School?

2. What does the principal tell Precious' teacher in second grade who tries to help her?

3. What makes Precious feel better while having to deal with HIV?

4. What is Precious unsure about in terms of her future relationships?

5. For whom does Rita have an interest in starting a house?

(see the answer key)

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