Push Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Push Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Precious' mother worried about when she hears Mrs. Lichenstein at the door?

2. When was Precious born?

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

4. What do the girls learn as a group at the Alternative School?

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

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

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

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

10. What does Precious say about Farrakhan?

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 has encounters with two people whom she tries to seek out later when terrible things happen to her. Who are these people and why are they so significant to Precious' life, although playing minor roles in the novel? Why do these characters impact Precious?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Precious calling herself Precious? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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