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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Precious yell at her math teacher, Mr. Wicher?
2. Who claims to be in the wrong class and not illiterate?
3. What is Precious nervous about when she enters the classroom on her first day at the Alternative School?
4. What subject did Precious once receive an A in?
5. Why is Precious almost late for her first day of school at the Alternative School?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Precious say about Farrakhan?
2. What upsets Precious when she goes to register for the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One school?
3. What does Ms. Rain ask the students to do that horrifies Precious?
4. When Precious returns from her first day of school, what is Mary worrying about happening?
5. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?
6. What is the irony of Jo Ann wanting to work in the record label industry?
7. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?
8. Why is Precious so excited that she has read the book "A Day at the Beach"?
9. What does Precious need to do in order to register for the Alternative school?
10. Why are the girls' journals that Ms. Rain has them write in each day so difficult to read?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Precious come to understand that her mother is mentally unstable? What changes occur within Precious' life to help her come to this understanding? What separates Precious from her mother to help her come to this understanding? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Education is the solution to all of Precious' problems. Validate or invalidate this statement in your thesis. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Precious has an obsession with ugliness. How does Precious equate ugliness with black people and being black? Where does she see ugliness? How do these views affect her views on white people? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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