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

2. What is revealed about Precious' first baby when she flashes back to the memory of having her?

3. What does Ms. Rain have the girls do once they are all in attendance?

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

5. When did Precious' mother notice that Precious was pregnant with her first baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Precious when she goes to register for the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One school?

2. Who does Precious try to find after she has her first baby?

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

4. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein at school?

5. Why are the girls' journals that Ms. Rain has them write in each day so difficult to read?

6. What does Ms. Rain ask the students to do that horrifies Precious?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Chapter 2, Precious has put up pictures of Harriet Tubman and Farrakhan on her wall and looks out of her window at the town she lives in. Describe this scene and its significance in explaining Precious' fight throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Precious has encounters with two people whom she tries to seek out later when terrible things happen to her. Who are these people and why are they so significant to Precious' life, although playing minor roles in the novel? Why do these characters impact Precious?

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