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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. Who does Mary tell Precious has died of AIDS?
2. Who does Precious think about calling while at the temporary shelter?
3. Where do Mrs. Butter and the other nurses send Precious after she comes back to the hospital?
4. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?
5. What does Precious think about in regards to Carl Kenwood Jones after receiving some startling news?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Precious feel about her second child, Abdul?
2. When Precious begins writing poetry, what is her poetry about?
3. What kind of things happen to Precious and Abdul when Mrs. Butter sends them to stay at the armory?
4. What does Ms. Rain suggest to Precious whenPrecious writes to her from the hospital?
5. When Ms. Rain asks the girls to write fantasies about their lives, what does Precious imagine her life being like?
6. Who does Precious think about calling while she is at the armory and why?
7. When Mary visits Precious at the halfway house, what does she reveal to Precious?
8. What does Precious come to realize about her classmates and Ms. Rain after she learns she has HIV?
9. How does Precious feel about her counselor, Ms. Weiss, and how does their first session go?
10. What does Precious say is her problem when trying to write her life story for the 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 has had two babies by the time she is sixteen years old. What is the difference between the two experiences? How does she treats them or thinks about them? Are there any differences? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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