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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rita's wealthy boyfriend do for Rita?
(a) Paid to fix her teeth
(b) Bought her a car
(c) Gave her a place to live
(d) Put her through rehab

2. What results from the encounters that begin happening to Precious in second grade?
(a) She adopts a chronic cough
(b) She becomes more independent
(c) She gains weight
(d) She is more driven to learn

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

4. Who does the reader discover does not have HIV?
(a) Mary
(b) Precious
(c) Little Mongo
(d) Abdul

5. What does Ms. Rain point out in Precious' journal entry that she reads aloud to the class?
(a) Stealing the counselor's file
(b) Her emotional attachment to Abdul
(c) The abuse she has encountered
(d) Her hate for her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the halfway house that Ms. Rain and the girls find for Precious to live?

2. What does Ms. Rain notice happening when Precious is mad?

3. What does Precious not want Ms. Rain to see?

4. What does Precious promise her mother she will do about the welfare?

5. What does Precious think about in regards to Carl Kenwood Jones after receiving some startling news?

(see the answer key)

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