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

3. Why does Precious claim the students listen to her?

4. What does Precious shove into tinfoil before leaving her house?

5. Where does Mrs. Butter tell Precious her baby is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do the time shifts occur with Precious in Chapter 1?

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

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

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. Why is Precious a ninth grader and not the junior in high school that she should be?

10. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the ending of Push negative or positive? What kind of message is Sapphire trying to send to the reader? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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