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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 is the only thing Precious likes about being pregnant?

2. Where is Rhonda from?

3. What city did Jermaine leave to get out of trouble?

4. What does Precious' mother do to Precious three months after Little Mongo is born?

5. What does Jo Ann have that belongs to Precious?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

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

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

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

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

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 does Precious not want her mother to know about her second pregnancy?

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

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

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 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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