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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 was Precious born?

2. What does Precious nickname the black nurse at the hospital?

3. What does Ms. Rain ask the girls to do that terrifies Precious?

4. How does Precious know she weighs more than two hundred pounds?

5. When does Precious start writing her story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Precious eventually scores higher on her TABE scores that she had previously been failing. How and what does this improvement foreshadow the future? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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