JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="active_string">
            <input type="text" class="answer" /><div class="images"><img src="/images/myImage.png" alt="" /></div>
            <a id="a" href="javascript:void(0)" class="check_quest" id="1">Click me</a>
</div>

JavaScript

$().ready(function(){
    $("#a").click(function(){
        alert($(this).prev().prev().val())
    });
});