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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. Who does Precious consider a "God" after she is taken to the hospital and has her baby?

2. What do the girls learn as a group at the Alternative School?

3. What does Precious promise her unborn baby as she speaks to it?

4. Why does Precious yell at her math teacher, Mr. Wicher?

5. Who does Precious' first baby, Little Mongo, live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does one of Precious' classmates at the Alternative school do for her that makes her want to cry?

2. How does Precious surprise herself on her first day of class at the Alternative School?

3. What does Precious say when she speaks for the first time in class at the Alternative school?

4. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

5. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?

6. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?

7. What is another reason revealed in Chapter 2 for why Precious' education is not up to par with the rest of her classmates?

8. Why is Precious a ninth grader and not the junior in high school that she should be?

9. Why does Precious have a hard time understanding that she had a baby?

10. Although Precious likes her math teacher, Mr. Wicher, why does she yell at him on the first day of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Precious describes the halfway house in literal terms: the place where people go when they are halfway between an old and a new life. Explain what Precious means with this statement in terms of her character and life. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Precious eventually scores higher on her TABE scores that she had previously been failing. How and what does this improvement foreshadow the future? 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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