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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 city did Jermaine leave to get out of trouble?

2. What does Precious wonder about after her mother takes her back home?

3. When time jumps back to when Precious is sixteen in Chapter 1, what is she doing?

4. What name does Precious tell Mrs. Butter is the name of her baby?

5. Who does Precious' first baby, Little Mongo, live with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Precious constantly battles between the reality she lives in and the reality she wishes to live. Does this battle suggest that Precious has the strength in her to leave her situation? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Push ends with the students' book and their life stories. Choose one of the characters from Precious' class and compare her life story to Precious. Are they similar or different? How? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Education is the solution to all of Precious' problems. Validate or invalidate this statement in your thesis. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

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