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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?
(a) Bread
(b) Cheese
(c) Ham
(d) Dry cereal

2. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?
(a) Holding a knife
(b) Arguing with Mrs. Lichenstein
(c) Doing her homework
(d) Hiding from her father

3. What does Ms. Rain tell Precious in response to Precious saying Abdul is everything?
(a) Reading and writing is everything
(b) Being safe is everything
(c) Being with your loved ones is everything
(d) Being intelligent is everything

4. What does Jo Ann claim she wants that she mispronounces?
(a) Enough money to get out of the garage
(b) Her own record layer.
(c) To be a heinous actress
(d) Her own TV pile

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Rain point out in Precious' journal entry that she reads aloud to the class?

2. What does Precious wonder about her second baby?

3. What does Precious wonder about after her mother takes her back home?

4. When Precious starts thinking about kindergarten and first grade, what does she remember?

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

(see the answer key)

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