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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 Ms. Rain notice happening when Precious is mad?

2. What does Precious do after Ms. Weiss leaves the office to get her a Coke?

3. What is Precious worried about happening when Abdul turns one?

4. What does Ms. Weiss ask Precious when she returns with the Coke?

5. What does Precious wake up to discover one evening at the temporary shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening to Precious at the opening of Chapter 4?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 3 between Ms. Rain and Precious?

3. What happens to Precious when she returns home from the hospital after having Abdul?

4. Where does Precious go after she leaves her home with Abdul and who does she look for?

5. When Precious begins writing poetry, what is her poetry about?

6. When Mary visits Precious at the halfway house, what does she reveal to Precious?

7. What are the journal entries about that Precious does not want Ms. Rain to see?

8. How does Precious feel about her counselor, Ms. Weiss, and how does their first session go?

9. When Ms. Rain asks the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious imagine her life being like?

10. How does Precious feel about her second child, Abdul?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Precious ends her life story in the students' book differently than most of the other girls. How does she end her story and what is the significance of her ending? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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