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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begins attending counseling sessions with Precious?
(a) Mary
(b) Carl
(c) Ms. Rain
(d) Abdul

2. What does Ms. Rain tell the girls that they can call her?
(a) Blue
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Purple

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) Pay Mary the difference
(c) Apply for welfare herself
(d) Talk to the welfare people

4. Who does Jermaine claim to have loved?
(a) Her father
(b) Mary-Mae's father
(c) Mary-Mae
(d) Her mother

5. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious she can do with her life?
(a) Move away to somewhere new
(b) Find nice adoptive parents
(c) Charge her parents with sexual abuse
(d) Go to college

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Precious when she leaves school to have her daughter?

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

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

4. What does Precious do after Ms. Weiss leaves the office to get her a Coke?

5. Why is Mrs. Lichenstein at Precious' house when time returns to the present in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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