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

2. What does Mrs. Lichenstein talk about with Precious in her office?

3. When did Precious' father begin raping her?

4. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?

5. What is Precious doing when she returns back to present time from the memory of Little Mongo in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Precious returns from her first day of school, what is Mary worrying about happening?

5. What is the irony of Jo Ann wanting to work in the record label industry?

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

7. How did Precious become so overweight at such a young age?

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

9. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Precious going to the incest survivors support group help her? In what ways does it alter her views and add to the changes taking place in her life? Support your thesis with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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