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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 is Mrs. Lichenstein at Precious' house when time returns to the present in Chapter 1?

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

3. What results from the encounters that begin happening to Precious in second grade?

4. Who does Mrs. Lichenstein want Precious to visit at the Higher Education Alternative/Each One Teach One?

5. What does Ms. Rain want the girls to do every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Precious need to do in order to register for the Alternative school?

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

3. What prevents Precious from being able to care about and succeed in her education?

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

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

6. Why is Precious so excited that she has read the book "A Day at the Beach"?

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

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

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

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

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

Precious learns her ABC's in a way that most people would not imagine a young girl learning. Using examples from the book, explain how this instance develops Precious' character for the reader and helps the reader to understand Precious' life.

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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